#171389 less: should be an option equivelant to tail --follow=name

Package:
less
Source:
less
Description:
pager program similar to more
Submitter:
Nathan Dale Muise
Date:
2005-07-18 04:02:34 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#171389#5
Date:
2002-12-02 01:22:24 UTC
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There should be an option for less to detect a file that
has been replaced, such as a log file, so that it can be used
with the console-log package when the system rotates a logfile
out from under it.
-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Kernel Version: Linux node-alpha 2.4.19-k7 #1 Sun Oct 6 20:29:56 EST 2002 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux

Versions of the packages less depends on:
ii  debconf        1.2.16         Debian configuration management system
ii  debianutils    2.0.2          Miscellaneous utilities specific to Debian
ii  libc6          2.3.1-5        GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii  libncurses5    5.3.20021109-1 Shared libraries for terminal handling
#171389#10
Date:
2002-12-02 20:36:34 UTC
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see bug 157008
#171389#13
Date:
2002-12-02 20:35:14 UTC
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#171389#14
Date:
2002-12-02 22:04:39 UTC
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Hi Thomas,
Thanks for the report.  I think this is the same as enhancement request
210 (at http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/bugs.html), although the
description there is rather terse to say the least.  Was the intention
here to make this part of the F command?  If not, how and when do you
think less should detect that the file has changed?  On a timer, or on
an explicit command, or what?
--Mark


Package: less
Version: 378-2
Severity: wishlist


There should be an option for less to detect a file that
has been replaced, such as a log file, so that it can be used
with the console-log package when the system rotates a logfile
out from under it.
-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Kernel Version: Linux node-alpha 2.4.19-k7 #1 Sun Oct 6 20:29:56 EST
2002 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux

Versions of the packages less depends on:
ii  debconf        1.2.16         Debian configuration management system
ii  debianutils    2.0.2          Miscellaneous utilities specific to
Debian
ii  libc6          2.3.1-5        GNU C Library: Shared libraries and
Timezone
ii  libncurses5    5.3.20021109-1 Shared libraries for terminal handling
#171389#15
Date:
2002-12-06 21:17:03 UTC
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Hello Mark,

I can't speak for Nathan, the bug submitter, but personally I would say
that it should be part of the F command.

Thomas
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#171389#16
Date:
2002-12-06 22:45:27 UTC
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Yes, I agree that it should be part of the F command, supported by a
command line option and/or environment variable to switch between the
two behaviors (follow descriptor or follow name).

Thanks for your assistance.