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Authored by 0mp on Mar 22 2020, 8:39 PM.
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Use -F instead of -f in tail(1) examples

There is an example in tail(1) manual page explaining how to use tail(1) to
track the contents of /var/log/messages. The example uses the -f flag to follow
the file. The problem with the -f flag is that it cannot handle the situation
where /var/log/messages is rotated. Hence, use -F instead in the example.

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