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Bones McCracker Veteran
Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 1611 Location: U.S.A.
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:14 am Post subject: tailf instead of tail -f |
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Quick tip:
tailf
Like tail -f but doesn't access the file when it's not growing.
On a system where you monitor a log that's often quiet, this lets the hard disk spin down because there are no atime updates. _________________
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xalan Apprentice
Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Posts: 190
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 3:58 am Post subject: |
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Thanks.
These nifty little tools are always missed. |
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