GNU bug report logs - #13754
Tail 8.13 Bug

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Joshua Rogers <megamansec <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:23:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Joshua Rogers <megamansec <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Tail 8.13 Bug
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 09:21:19 +1100

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Hi,

Tail seems to have a strange but of the following;

When I 'tail -f' anything, it will output this message:
tail: inotify cannot be used, reverting to polling: Too many open files

But running;
# sudo ls -l /proc/*/fd/ 2>/dev/null | grep inotify | wc -l
7

Seems to make me think it's some sort of bug.

I'm using `tail 8.13', on Ubuntu 12.04.

Thanks

-- 
*Joshua Rogers* - Retro Game Collector && IT Security Specialist
gpg pubkey <http://www.internot.info/docs/gpg_pubkey.asc.gpg>

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