GNU bug report logs - #33946
tail -f stops abruptly in AIX when piped.

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: "Ayappan P2" <ayappap2 <at> in.ibm.com>

Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2019 17:06:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: "Ayappan P2" <ayappap2 <at> in.ibm.com>
To: 33946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33946: tail -f stops abruptly in AIX when piped.
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2019 17:39:31 +0000

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Anyone has any idea on this issue ?

Thanks
Ayappan P

> On 01-Jan-2019, at 10:36 PM, Ayappan P2 <ayappap2 <at> in.ibm.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I am running coreutils 8.30 in AIX machine and it seems like " tail -f "
is
> not working as it used to be when the output is piped.
>
> # ./tail -f test_file | grep 123
>
> (1) root @ aixoss-automation-3: 6.1.0.0: /
>
> It stops immediately  and it seems like this commit
>
https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/commit/ce0415fda108b7ec35181118fd7a2c9ee70331ee

> has introduce this behavior.
>
> I checked in Linux with coreutils 8.30 where it works as like earlier
> versions.
>
> Thanks
> Ayappan P
>

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