From fd18c8aea30e1749771b68d75a8a90c97f98ef31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Price Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 04:28:59 +0000 Subject: Import of xtail version 0.1. Watches the growth of files or directories. PR: 9672 Submitted by: Gianmarco Giovannelli --- misc/xtail/pkg-descr | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) create mode 100644 misc/xtail/pkg-descr (limited to 'misc/xtail/pkg-descr') diff --git a/misc/xtail/pkg-descr b/misc/xtail/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..060a29e2e42e --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/xtail/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +"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 + + +- ported to FreeBSD by Gianmarco (gmarco@giovannelli.it) -- cgit v1.2.3