[CentOS] tail -f /var/log/maillog error

Robert Becker Cope robert at gonkgonk.com
Thu Jan 4 13:14:57 UTC 2007


"Indunil Jayasooriya" <indunil75 at 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.

robert




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