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2007 Jan 15
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Bug#406973: logtail misses lines in rotated file
Package: logtail
Version: 1.2.52
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Hi,
When a logfile is rotated, logtail misses the lines logged between the
last logtail run and the logfile rotation.
The attached patch allows to set an alternate logfile that logtail tries
to use as the old logfile if the inode has changed.
It can be used as:
logtail -f /var/log/syslog -a /var/log/syslog.1
(Please note that this