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=== CHANGES ===
v2.1 - Stamps out a Y2K bug and now uses GNU autoconf.
=== SUMMARY ===
"xtail" watches the growth of files. It's like running a "tail -f"
on a bunch of files at once. The syntax is:
xtail name ...
You can specify both filenames and directories on the command line.
If you specify a directory, it watches all the files in that
directory. It will notice when new files are created (and start
watching them) or when old files are deleted (and stop watching
them).
I originally wrote this program so I could run:
xtail /usr/spool/uucp/.Log/*
Even though I don't use "uucp" any more, I still use this utility
a lot. These days, my favorite is:
xtail /var/log/* /usenet/lib/*log
=== INSTRUCTIONS ===
- xtail version 2 requires an ANSI compiler such as gcc.
- Run: sh configure
- If you'd like, review the configuration definitions in xtail.h
- Run: make
- If you'd like, as root run: make install
=== HISTORICAL NOTES ===
This program is an oldie but goodie. It was posted to comp.sources.misc
in July 1989 (see ftp.uu.net:/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume7/xtail.Z).
I remember posting an even earlier version to alt.sources. It has been
published in the O'Reilly & Associates "Unix Power Tools" collection
(book and CD-ROM).
Over the years, some fly-by-night organizations (such as the MIT X
Consortium and SGI) have tried to steal the "xtail" name. Don't be
fooled! Insist on the original.
The 1989 release credited David Dykstra for his contributions.
Chip Rosenthal
<chip@unicom.com>
$Id: README,v 2.4 2000/06/04 05:15:35 chip Exp $
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