From 0d7e4444ab8ab33b3f8d8b9313139ab19be3252a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tobias Klauser Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 21:42:15 +0200 Subject: Add README and LICENSE files --- README | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5010178 --- /dev/null +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ + 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 version 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. + +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 + +License +------- +inotail is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 2. +You can find the full text in the file LICENSE in the source tree of inotail. + +-- Tobias Klauser -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf