On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 07:14:57AM -0600, Robert Becker Cope enlightened us: > "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. > 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 -- Matt Hyclak Department of Mathematics Department of Social Work Ohio University (740) 593-1263