15 Dec
2008
15 Dec
'08
3:48 a.m.
Hi,
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 21:25, Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED m_d_berger_1900@yahoo.com wrote:
Very interesting analysis. swatch uses tail -f, or something that mimics it to watch the file. I would then guess that as per your explanation, swatch contilues to watch the "old file".
Yes, actually using "tail -f" in a terminal while using "vi" to rewrite the logfile in another terminal you can check that yourself.
You can also use "ls -li" to show the "inode number" of the file, you will see that after saving the file with "vi" the inode will change, which will mean that it's a new file.
Filipe