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Date:      Thu, 4 Nov 2004 20:03:49 +0000
From:      Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>
To:        Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com>
Cc:        Paul Richards <paul@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/tail extern.h forward.c tail.c
Message-ID:  <20041104200349.GP57641@submonkey.net>
In-Reply-To: <200411041208.51978.sam@errno.com>
References:  <200411041918.iA4JIJsd028943@repoman.freebsd.org> <200411041208.51978.sam@errno.com>

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On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 12:08:51PM -0800, Sam Leffler wrote:
> On Thursday 04 November 2004 11:18 am, Paul Richards wrote:
> > paul        2004-11-04 19:18:19 UTC
> >
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     usr.bin/tail         extern.h forward.c tail.c
> >   Log:
> >   Add support for following more than one file i.e.
> >   tail -f file1 file2
> >
> >   Revision  Changes    Path
> >   1.9       +10 -1     src/usr.bin/tail/extern.h
> > http://cvsweb.FreeBSD.org/src/usr.bin/tail/extern.h.diff?r1=1.8&r2=1.9
> >   1.35      +160 -88   src/usr.bin/tail/forward.c
> > http://cvsweb.FreeBSD.org/src/usr.bin/tail/forward.c.diff?r1=1.34&r2=1.35
> >   1.18      +30 -7     src/usr.bin/tail/tail.c
> > http://cvsweb.FreeBSD.org/src/usr.bin/tail/tail.c.diff?r1=1.17&r2=1.18
> 
> Why is this better than
> 
> tail -f file1&
> tail -f file2

It tells you which file you're getting output from.

Ceri
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