From c5b1ca29cbcb6b61de1acd35102e7a53291de540 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tobias Klauser Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:22:27 +0100 Subject: README: Mention POSIX/GNU compatibility --- README | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README b/README index b38911e..58a2091 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ versions of the Linux kernel to speed up tailing files in the follow mode (the listens to special events sent by the kernel through the inotify API to determine whether a file needs to be reread. +inotail is compatible to POSIX and GNU tail. See section "Compatibility & +options" for more information. + Requirements ------------ - Linux kernel 2.6.13 or higher with CONFIG_INOTIFY enabled @@ -32,7 +35,7 @@ inotail binary to /usr/ and the manpage to /usr/share/man/ respectively type: Compatibility & options ----------------------- -inotail is fully option compatible with current POSIX and GNU tail, though the +inotail is fully compatible with current POSIX and GNU tail, though the obsolescent options present in previous versions of those are not present (e.g. inotail +/-). The following options are present in inotail for compatibility reasons (e.g. to use inotail as a tail replacement in scripts) but -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf