4 Jan
2007
4 Jan
'07
2:17 p.m.
On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 07:14:57AM -0600, Robert Becker Cope enlightened us:
"Indunil Jayasooriya" indunil75@gmail.com wrote:
When I type the below command, it shows the logs for mail. tail -f /var/log/maillog
But , Since this morning, It shows nothing.
Did you leave this running overnight? If so, your logs may have rotated, and you are no longer "tailing" the right file.
Yes, if you plan on leaving long-running tails of logs, you may want to look into the -F option, rather than -f. The man page will explain more.
Matt
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Matt Hyclak
Department of Mathematics
Department of Social Work
Ohio University
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