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@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@ inotail - inotify enhanced tail o===============================o -inotail is a drop-in replacement for the 'tail' program found in the base -installation of every Linux/UNIX system. It makes use of the inotify -infrastructure in recent versions of the Linux kernel to speed up tailing files -in the follow mode (the '-f' option). Currently inotail is not fully compatible -to neither POSIX or GNU tail but might be in the future. +inotail is a replacement for the 'tail' program found in the base installation +of every Linux/UNIX system. It makes use of the inotify infrastructure in recent +versions of the Linux kernel to speed up tailing files in the follow mode (the +'-f' option). Standard tail polls the file every second by default while inotail +listens to special events sent by the kernel through the inotify API to +determine whether a file needs to be reread. + +Currently inotail is not fully compatible to neither POSIX or GNU tail but might +be in the future. Requirements ------------ - Linux kernel 2.6.13 or higher with CONFIG_INOTIFY enabled -- Future versions will require a version of the glibc shipping with inotify - support +- Standard C Library (tested with GNU libc but might work with others too) License ------- |