Re: file race question

On Sep 27, 8:50 pm, Cydrome Leader <prese...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
mmccaws2 <mmcc...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi

I have a tail -f operation on a syslog file dumping grepped output
into another file, grep.txt. I need to process then empty that file,
grep.txt, once a minute. How do I do this ensuring that I don't loose
new data from the tail -f operation.

Thanks

mike

You may want to use tail -F (uppercase) to tail that syslog file if you
can. That flag will tail even rotated syslog files, vs. just stopping when
it gets rotated out by whatever rotates your logs.

This doesn't work with all ways of rotating a file, but it should work
with any that are done correctly.

Great suggestion. I'll look into it.

Mike

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