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"tail -f - foo" does not terminate when stdin is closed and foo is ignored

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From: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>, 24903 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  julian.buening <at> rwth-aachen.de
Subject: bug#24903: "tail -f - foo" does not terminate when stdin is closed and foo is ignored
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2016 00:50:28 +0100

On 11/09/2016 12:44 AM, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> and even more strange: when 'missing_file' then appears
> later, tail doesn't terminate when both files are removed:

oops, forget about this: we're following by descriptor, and
tail can not know if the file is still opened by other processes.
Sorry, ... time to go to bed.

So your conclusion seems correct: tail shouldn't re-try to
open("missing_file") in the -f case.

Have a nice day,
Berny

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