Import of xtail version 0.1.

Watches the growth of files or directories.

PR:		9672
Submitted by:	Gianmarco Giovannelli <gmarco@giovannelli.it>

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+"xtail" watches the growth of files.  It's like running a "tail -f"
+on a bunch of files at once.  
+
+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).
+
+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>
+
+- ported to FreeBSD by Gianmarco (gmarco@giovannelli.it)