1 /* tail -- output the last part of file(s)
2 Copyright (C) 1989, 90, 91, 1995-2006, 2008-2009 Free Software
5 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
6 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
7 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
8 (at your option) any later version.
10 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
13 GNU General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
16 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
18 /* Can display any amount of data, unlike the Unix version, which uses
19 a fixed size buffer and therefore can only deliver a limited number
22 Original version by Paul Rubin <phr@ocf.berkeley.edu>.
23 Extensions by David MacKenzie <djm@gnu.ai.mit.edu>.
24 tail -f for multiple files by Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>.
25 inotify back-end by Giuseppe Scrivano <gscrivano@gnu.org>. */
32 #include <sys/types.h>
43 #include "safe-read.h"
44 #include "stat-time.h"
46 #include "xnanosleep.h"
52 # include <sys/inotify.h>
53 /* `select' is used by tail_forever_inotify. */
54 # include <sys/select.h>
57 /* The official name of this program (e.g., no `g' prefix). */
58 #define PROGRAM_NAME "tail"
61 proper_name ("Paul Rubin"), \
62 proper_name ("David MacKenzie"), \
63 proper_name ("Ian Lance Taylor"), \
64 proper_name ("Jim Meyering")
66 /* Number of items to tail. */
67 #define DEFAULT_N_LINES 10
69 /* Special values for dump_remainder's N_BYTES parameter. */
70 #define COPY_TO_EOF UINTMAX_MAX
71 #define COPY_A_BUFFER (UINTMAX_MAX - 1)
73 /* FIXME: make Follow_name the default? */
74 #define DEFAULT_FOLLOW_MODE Follow_descriptor
78 /* Follow the name of each file: if the file is renamed, try to reopen
79 that name and track the end of the new file if/when it's recreated.
80 This is useful for tracking logs that are occasionally rotated. */
83 /* Follow each descriptor obtained upon opening a file.
84 That means we'll continue to follow the end of a file even after
85 it has been renamed or unlinked. */
89 /* The types of files for which tail works. */
90 #define IS_TAILABLE_FILE_TYPE(Mode) \
91 (S_ISREG (Mode) || S_ISFIFO (Mode) || S_ISSOCK (Mode) || S_ISCHR (Mode))
93 static char const *const follow_mode_string
[] =
95 "descriptor", "name", NULL
98 static enum Follow_mode
const follow_mode_map
[] =
100 Follow_descriptor
, Follow_name
,
105 /* The actual file name, or "-" for stdin. */
108 /* File descriptor on which the file is open; -1 if it's not open. */
111 /* Attributes of the file the last time we checked. */
113 struct timespec mtime
;
118 /* 1 if O_NONBLOCK is clear, 0 if set, -1 if not known. */
121 /* The specified name initially referred to a directory or some other
122 type for which tail isn't meaningful. Unlike for a permission problem
123 (tailable, below) once this is set, the name is not checked ever again. */
126 /* See description of DEFAULT_MAX_N_... below. */
127 uintmax_t n_unchanged_stats
;
129 /* A file is tailable if it exists, is readable, and is of type
130 IS_TAILABLE_FILE_TYPE. */
133 /* The value of errno seen last time we checked this file. */
137 /* The watch descriptor used by inotify. */
140 /* The parent directory watch descriptor. It is used only
141 * when Follow_name is used. */
144 /* Offset in NAME of the basename part. */
145 size_t basename_start
;
150 /* The events mask used with inotify on files. This mask is not used on
152 const uint32_t inotify_wd_mask
= (IN_MODIFY
| IN_ATTRIB
| IN_DELETE_SELF
156 /* Keep trying to open a file even if it is inaccessible when tail starts
157 or if it becomes inaccessible later -- useful only with -f. */
158 static bool reopen_inaccessible_files
;
160 /* If true, interpret the numeric argument as the number of lines.
161 Otherwise, interpret it as the number of bytes. */
162 static bool count_lines
;
164 /* Whether we follow the name of each file or the file descriptor
165 that is initially associated with each name. */
166 static enum Follow_mode follow_mode
= Follow_descriptor
;
168 /* If true, read from the ends of all specified files until killed. */
171 /* If true, count from start of file instead of end. */
172 static bool from_start
;
174 /* If true, print filename headers. */
175 static bool print_headers
;
177 /* When to print the filename banners. */
180 multiple_files
, always
, never
183 /* When tailing a file by name, if there have been this many consecutive
184 iterations for which the file has not changed, then open/fstat
185 the file to determine if that file name is still associated with the
186 same device/inode-number pair as before. This option is meaningful only
187 when following by name. --max-unchanged-stats=N */
188 #define DEFAULT_MAX_N_UNCHANGED_STATS_BETWEEN_OPENS 5
189 static uintmax_t max_n_unchanged_stats_between_opens
=
190 DEFAULT_MAX_N_UNCHANGED_STATS_BETWEEN_OPENS
;
192 /* The process ID of the process (presumably on the current host)
193 that is writing to all followed files. */
196 /* True if we have ever read standard input. */
197 static bool have_read_stdin
;
199 /* If nonzero, skip the is-regular-file test used to determine whether
200 to use the lseek optimization. Instead, use the more general (and
201 more expensive) code unconditionally. Intended solely for testing. */
202 static bool presume_input_pipe
;
204 /* For long options that have no equivalent short option, use a
205 non-character as a pseudo short option, starting with CHAR_MAX + 1. */
208 RETRY_OPTION
= CHAR_MAX
+ 1,
209 MAX_UNCHANGED_STATS_OPTION
,
211 PRESUME_INPUT_PIPE_OPTION
,
215 static struct option
const long_options
[] =
217 {"bytes", required_argument
, NULL
, 'c'},
218 {"follow", optional_argument
, NULL
, LONG_FOLLOW_OPTION
},
219 {"lines", required_argument
, NULL
, 'n'},
220 {"max-unchanged-stats", required_argument
, NULL
, MAX_UNCHANGED_STATS_OPTION
},
221 {"pid", required_argument
, NULL
, PID_OPTION
},
222 {"-presume-input-pipe", no_argument
, NULL
,
223 PRESUME_INPUT_PIPE_OPTION
}, /* do not document */
224 {"quiet", no_argument
, NULL
, 'q'},
225 {"retry", no_argument
, NULL
, RETRY_OPTION
},
226 {"silent", no_argument
, NULL
, 'q'},
227 {"sleep-interval", required_argument
, NULL
, 's'},
228 {"verbose", no_argument
, NULL
, 'v'},
229 {GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL
},
230 {GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL
},
237 if (status
!= EXIT_SUCCESS
)
238 fprintf (stderr
, _("Try `%s --help' for more information.\n"),
243 Usage: %s [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n\
247 Print the last %d lines of each FILE to standard output.\n\
248 With more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the file name.\n\
249 With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.\n\
251 "), DEFAULT_N_LINES
);
253 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\
256 -c, --bytes=K output the last K bytes; alternatively, use +K to\n\
257 output bytes starting with the Kth of each file\n\
260 -f, --follow[={name|descriptor}]\n\
261 output appended data as the file grows;\n\
262 -f, --follow, and --follow=descriptor are\n\
264 -F same as --follow=name --retry\n\
267 -n, --lines=K output the last K lines, instead of the last %d;\n\
268 or use +K to output lines starting with the Kth\n\
269 --max-unchanged-stats=N\n\
270 with --follow=name, reopen a FILE which has not\n\
271 changed size after N (default %d) iterations\n\
272 to see if it has been unlinked or renamed\n\
273 (this is the usual case of rotated log files)\n\
276 DEFAULT_MAX_N_UNCHANGED_STATS_BETWEEN_OPENS
279 --pid=PID with -f, terminate after process ID, PID dies\n\
280 -q, --quiet, --silent never output headers giving file names\n\
281 --retry keep trying to open a file even when it is or\n\
282 becomes inaccessible; useful when following by\n\
283 name, i.e., with --follow=name\n\
286 -s, --sleep-interval=S with -f, sleep for approximately S seconds\n\
287 (default 1.0) between iterations\n\
288 -v, --verbose always output headers giving file names\n\
290 fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION
, stdout
);
291 fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION
, stdout
);
294 If the first character of K (the number of bytes or lines) is a `+',\n\
295 print beginning with the Kth item from the start of each file, otherwise,\n\
296 print the last K items in the file. K may have a multiplier suffix:\n\
297 b 512, kB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M 1024*1024,\n\
298 GB 1000*1000*1000, G 1024*1024*1024, and so on for T, P, E, Z, Y.\n\
302 With --follow (-f), tail defaults to following the file descriptor, which\n\
303 means that even if a tail'ed file is renamed, tail will continue to track\n\
307 This default behavior is not desirable when you really want to\n\
308 track the actual name of the file, not the file descriptor (e.g., log\n\
309 rotation). Use --follow=name in that case. That causes tail to track the\n\
310 named file by reopening it periodically to see if it has been removed and\n\
311 recreated by some other program.\n\
313 emit_bug_reporting_address ();
319 valid_file_spec (struct File_spec
const *f
)
321 /* Exactly one of the following subexpressions must be true. */
322 return ((f
->fd
== -1) ^ (f
->errnum
== 0));
326 pretty_name (struct File_spec
const *f
)
328 return (STREQ (f
->name
, "-") ? _("standard input") : f
->name
);
332 xwrite_stdout (char const *buffer
, size_t n_bytes
)
334 if (n_bytes
> 0 && fwrite (buffer
, 1, n_bytes
, stdout
) == 0)
335 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, _("write error"));
338 /* Record a file F with descriptor FD, size SIZE, status ST, and
339 blocking status BLOCKING. */
342 record_open_fd (struct File_spec
*f
, int fd
,
343 off_t size
, struct stat
const *st
,
348 f
->mtime
= get_stat_mtime (st
);
351 f
->mode
= st
->st_mode
;
352 f
->blocking
= blocking
;
353 f
->n_unchanged_stats
= 0;
357 /* Close the file with descriptor FD and name FILENAME. */
360 close_fd (int fd
, const char *filename
)
362 if (fd
!= -1 && fd
!= STDIN_FILENO
&& close (fd
))
364 error (0, errno
, _("closing %s (fd=%d)"), filename
, fd
);
369 write_header (const char *pretty_filename
)
371 static bool first_file
= true;
373 printf ("%s==> %s <==\n", (first_file
? "" : "\n"), pretty_filename
);
377 /* Read and output N_BYTES of file PRETTY_FILENAME starting at the current
378 position in FD. If N_BYTES is COPY_TO_EOF, then copy until end of file.
379 If N_BYTES is COPY_A_BUFFER, then copy at most one buffer's worth.
380 Return the number of bytes read from the file. */
383 dump_remainder (const char *pretty_filename
, int fd
, uintmax_t n_bytes
)
386 uintmax_t n_remaining
= n_bytes
;
392 size_t n
= MIN (n_remaining
, BUFSIZ
);
393 size_t bytes_read
= safe_read (fd
, buffer
, n
);
394 if (bytes_read
== SAFE_READ_ERROR
)
397 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, _("error reading %s"),
398 quote (pretty_filename
));
403 xwrite_stdout (buffer
, bytes_read
);
404 n_written
+= bytes_read
;
405 if (n_bytes
!= COPY_TO_EOF
)
407 n_remaining
-= bytes_read
;
408 if (n_remaining
== 0 || n_bytes
== COPY_A_BUFFER
)
416 /* Call lseek with the specified arguments, where file descriptor FD
417 corresponds to the file, FILENAME.
418 Give a diagnostic and exit nonzero if lseek fails.
419 Otherwise, return the resulting offset. */
422 xlseek (int fd
, off_t offset
, int whence
, char const *filename
)
424 off_t new_offset
= lseek (fd
, offset
, whence
);
425 char buf
[INT_BUFSIZE_BOUND (off_t
)];
431 s
= offtostr (offset
, buf
);
435 error (0, errno
, _("%s: cannot seek to offset %s"),
439 error (0, errno
, _("%s: cannot seek to relative offset %s"),
443 error (0, errno
, _("%s: cannot seek to end-relative offset %s"),
453 /* Print the last N_LINES lines from the end of file FD.
454 Go backward through the file, reading `BUFSIZ' bytes at a time (except
455 probably the first), until we hit the start of the file or have
456 read NUMBER newlines.
457 START_POS is the starting position of the read pointer for the file
458 associated with FD (may be nonzero).
459 END_POS is the file offset of EOF (one larger than offset of last byte).
460 Return true if successful. */
463 file_lines (const char *pretty_filename
, int fd
, uintmax_t n_lines
,
464 off_t start_pos
, off_t end_pos
, uintmax_t *read_pos
)
473 /* Set `bytes_read' to the size of the last, probably partial, buffer;
474 0 < `bytes_read' <= `BUFSIZ'. */
475 bytes_read
= (pos
- start_pos
) % BUFSIZ
;
478 /* Make `pos' a multiple of `BUFSIZ' (0 if the file is short), so that all
479 reads will be on block boundaries, which might increase efficiency. */
481 xlseek (fd
, pos
, SEEK_SET
, pretty_filename
);
482 bytes_read
= safe_read (fd
, buffer
, bytes_read
);
483 if (bytes_read
== SAFE_READ_ERROR
)
485 error (0, errno
, _("error reading %s"), quote (pretty_filename
));
488 *read_pos
= pos
+ bytes_read
;
490 /* Count the incomplete line on files that don't end with a newline. */
491 if (bytes_read
&& buffer
[bytes_read
- 1] != '\n')
496 /* Scan backward, counting the newlines in this bufferfull. */
498 size_t n
= bytes_read
;
502 nl
= memrchr (buffer
, '\n', n
);
508 /* If this newline isn't the last character in the buffer,
509 output the part that is after it. */
510 if (n
!= bytes_read
- 1)
511 xwrite_stdout (nl
+ 1, bytes_read
- (n
+ 1));
512 *read_pos
+= dump_remainder (pretty_filename
, fd
,
513 end_pos
- (pos
+ bytes_read
));
518 /* Not enough newlines in that bufferfull. */
519 if (pos
== start_pos
)
521 /* Not enough lines in the file; print everything from
522 start_pos to the end. */
523 xlseek (fd
, start_pos
, SEEK_SET
, pretty_filename
);
524 *read_pos
= start_pos
+ dump_remainder (pretty_filename
, fd
,
529 xlseek (fd
, pos
, SEEK_SET
, pretty_filename
);
531 bytes_read
= safe_read (fd
, buffer
, BUFSIZ
);
532 if (bytes_read
== SAFE_READ_ERROR
)
534 error (0, errno
, _("error reading %s"), quote (pretty_filename
));
538 *read_pos
= pos
+ bytes_read
;
540 while (bytes_read
> 0);
545 /* Print the last N_LINES lines from the end of the standard input,
546 open for reading as pipe FD.
547 Buffer the text as a linked list of LBUFFERs, adding them as needed.
548 Return true if successful. */
551 pipe_lines (const char *pretty_filename
, int fd
, uintmax_t n_lines
,
559 struct linebuffer
*next
;
561 typedef struct linebuffer LBUFFER
;
562 LBUFFER
*first
, *last
, *tmp
;
563 size_t total_lines
= 0; /* Total number of newlines in all buffers. */
565 size_t n_read
; /* Size in bytes of most recent read */
567 first
= last
= xmalloc (sizeof (LBUFFER
));
568 first
->nbytes
= first
->nlines
= 0;
570 tmp
= xmalloc (sizeof (LBUFFER
));
572 /* Input is always read into a fresh buffer. */
575 n_read
= safe_read (fd
, tmp
->buffer
, BUFSIZ
);
576 if (n_read
== 0 || n_read
== SAFE_READ_ERROR
)
578 tmp
->nbytes
= n_read
;
583 /* Count the number of newlines just read. */
585 char const *buffer_end
= tmp
->buffer
+ n_read
;
586 char const *p
= tmp
->buffer
;
587 while ((p
= memchr (p
, '\n', buffer_end
- p
)))
593 total_lines
+= tmp
->nlines
;
595 /* If there is enough room in the last buffer read, just append the new
596 one to it. This is because when reading from a pipe, `n_read' can
597 often be very small. */
598 if (tmp
->nbytes
+ last
->nbytes
< BUFSIZ
)
600 memcpy (&last
->buffer
[last
->nbytes
], tmp
->buffer
, tmp
->nbytes
);
601 last
->nbytes
+= tmp
->nbytes
;
602 last
->nlines
+= tmp
->nlines
;
606 /* If there's not enough room, link the new buffer onto the end of
607 the list, then either free up the oldest buffer for the next
608 read if that would leave enough lines, or else malloc a new one.
609 Some compaction mechanism is possible but probably not
611 last
= last
->next
= tmp
;
612 if (total_lines
- first
->nlines
> n_lines
)
615 total_lines
-= first
->nlines
;
619 tmp
= xmalloc (sizeof (LBUFFER
));
625 if (n_read
== SAFE_READ_ERROR
)
627 error (0, errno
, _("error reading %s"), quote (pretty_filename
));
632 /* If the file is empty, then bail out. */
633 if (last
->nbytes
== 0)
636 /* This prevents a core dump when the pipe contains no newlines. */
640 /* Count the incomplete line on files that don't end with a newline. */
641 if (last
->buffer
[last
->nbytes
- 1] != '\n')
647 /* Run through the list, printing lines. First, skip over unneeded
649 for (tmp
= first
; total_lines
- tmp
->nlines
> n_lines
; tmp
= tmp
->next
)
650 total_lines
-= tmp
->nlines
;
652 /* Find the correct beginning, then print the rest of the file. */
654 char const *beg
= tmp
->buffer
;
655 char const *buffer_end
= tmp
->buffer
+ tmp
->nbytes
;
656 if (total_lines
> n_lines
)
658 /* Skip `total_lines' - `n_lines' newlines. We made sure that
659 `total_lines' - `n_lines' <= `tmp->nlines'. */
661 for (j
= total_lines
- n_lines
; j
; --j
)
663 beg
= memchr (beg
, '\n', buffer_end
- beg
);
669 xwrite_stdout (beg
, buffer_end
- beg
);
672 for (tmp
= tmp
->next
; tmp
; tmp
= tmp
->next
)
673 xwrite_stdout (tmp
->buffer
, tmp
->nbytes
);
685 /* Print the last N_BYTES characters from the end of pipe FD.
686 This is a stripped down version of pipe_lines.
687 Return true if successful. */
690 pipe_bytes (const char *pretty_filename
, int fd
, uintmax_t n_bytes
,
697 struct charbuffer
*next
;
699 typedef struct charbuffer CBUFFER
;
700 CBUFFER
*first
, *last
, *tmp
;
701 size_t i
; /* Index into buffers. */
702 size_t total_bytes
= 0; /* Total characters in all buffers. */
706 first
= last
= xmalloc (sizeof (CBUFFER
));
709 tmp
= xmalloc (sizeof (CBUFFER
));
711 /* Input is always read into a fresh buffer. */
714 n_read
= safe_read (fd
, tmp
->buffer
, BUFSIZ
);
715 if (n_read
== 0 || n_read
== SAFE_READ_ERROR
)
718 tmp
->nbytes
= n_read
;
721 total_bytes
+= tmp
->nbytes
;
722 /* If there is enough room in the last buffer read, just append the new
723 one to it. This is because when reading from a pipe, `nbytes' can
724 often be very small. */
725 if (tmp
->nbytes
+ last
->nbytes
< BUFSIZ
)
727 memcpy (&last
->buffer
[last
->nbytes
], tmp
->buffer
, tmp
->nbytes
);
728 last
->nbytes
+= tmp
->nbytes
;
732 /* If there's not enough room, link the new buffer onto the end of
733 the list, then either free up the oldest buffer for the next
734 read if that would leave enough characters, or else malloc a new
735 one. Some compaction mechanism is possible but probably not
737 last
= last
->next
= tmp
;
738 if (total_bytes
- first
->nbytes
> n_bytes
)
741 total_bytes
-= first
->nbytes
;
746 tmp
= xmalloc (sizeof (CBUFFER
));
753 if (n_read
== SAFE_READ_ERROR
)
755 error (0, errno
, _("error reading %s"), quote (pretty_filename
));
760 /* Run through the list, printing characters. First, skip over unneeded
762 for (tmp
= first
; total_bytes
- tmp
->nbytes
> n_bytes
; tmp
= tmp
->next
)
763 total_bytes
-= tmp
->nbytes
;
765 /* Find the correct beginning, then print the rest of the file.
766 We made sure that `total_bytes' - `n_bytes' <= `tmp->nbytes'. */
767 if (total_bytes
> n_bytes
)
768 i
= total_bytes
- n_bytes
;
771 xwrite_stdout (&tmp
->buffer
[i
], tmp
->nbytes
- i
);
773 for (tmp
= tmp
->next
; tmp
; tmp
= tmp
->next
)
774 xwrite_stdout (tmp
->buffer
, tmp
->nbytes
);
786 /* Skip N_BYTES characters from the start of pipe FD, and print
787 any extra characters that were read beyond that.
788 Return 1 on error, 0 if ok, -1 if EOF. */
791 start_bytes (const char *pretty_filename
, int fd
, uintmax_t n_bytes
,
798 size_t bytes_read
= safe_read (fd
, buffer
, BUFSIZ
);
801 if (bytes_read
== SAFE_READ_ERROR
)
803 error (0, errno
, _("error reading %s"), quote (pretty_filename
));
806 read_pos
+= bytes_read
;
807 if (bytes_read
<= n_bytes
)
808 n_bytes
-= bytes_read
;
811 size_t n_remaining
= bytes_read
- n_bytes
;
813 xwrite_stdout (&buffer
[n_bytes
], n_remaining
);
821 /* Skip N_LINES lines at the start of file or pipe FD, and print
822 any extra characters that were read beyond that.
823 Return 1 on error, 0 if ok, -1 if EOF. */
826 start_lines (const char *pretty_filename
, int fd
, uintmax_t n_lines
,
836 size_t bytes_read
= safe_read (fd
, buffer
, BUFSIZ
);
837 char *buffer_end
= buffer
+ bytes_read
;
838 if (bytes_read
== 0) /* EOF */
840 if (bytes_read
== SAFE_READ_ERROR
) /* error */
842 error (0, errno
, _("error reading %s"), quote (pretty_filename
));
846 *read_pos
+= bytes_read
;
848 while ((p
= memchr (p
, '\n', buffer_end
- p
)))
854 xwrite_stdout (p
, buffer_end
- p
);
861 /* FIXME: describe */
864 recheck (struct File_spec
*f
, bool blocking
)
866 /* open/fstat the file and announce if dev/ino have changed */
867 struct stat new_stats
;
869 bool is_stdin
= (STREQ (f
->name
, "-"));
870 bool was_tailable
= f
->tailable
;
871 int prev_errnum
= f
->errnum
;
875 : open (f
->name
, O_RDONLY
| (blocking
? 0 : O_NONBLOCK
)));
877 assert (valid_file_spec (f
));
879 /* If the open fails because the file doesn't exist,
880 then mark the file as not tailable. */
881 f
->tailable
= !(reopen_inaccessible_files
&& fd
== -1);
883 if (fd
== -1 || fstat (fd
, &new_stats
) < 0)
891 /* FIXME-maybe: detect the case in which the file first becomes
892 unreadable (perms), and later becomes readable again and can
893 be seen to be the same file (dev/ino). Otherwise, tail prints
894 the entire contents of the file when it becomes readable. */
895 error (0, f
->errnum
, _("%s has become inaccessible"),
896 quote (pretty_name (f
)));
900 /* say nothing... it's still not tailable */
903 else if (prev_errnum
!= errno
)
905 error (0, errno
, "%s", pretty_name (f
));
908 else if (!IS_TAILABLE_FILE_TYPE (new_stats
.st_mode
))
912 error (0, 0, _("%s has been replaced with an untailable file;\
913 giving up on this name"),
914 quote (pretty_name (f
)));
925 close_fd (fd
, pretty_name (f
));
926 close_fd (f
->fd
, pretty_name (f
));
929 else if (prev_errnum
&& prev_errnum
!= ENOENT
)
932 assert (f
->fd
== -1);
933 error (0, 0, _("%s has become accessible"), quote (pretty_name (f
)));
935 else if (f
->ino
!= new_stats
.st_ino
|| f
->dev
!= new_stats
.st_dev
)
941 _("%s has appeared; following end of new file"),
942 quote (pretty_name (f
)));
946 /* Close the old one. */
947 close_fd (f
->fd
, pretty_name (f
));
949 /* File has been replaced (e.g., via log rotation) --
952 _("%s has been replaced; following end of new file"),
953 quote (pretty_name (f
)));
960 /* This happens when one iteration finds the file missing,
961 then the preceding <dev,inode> pair is reused as the
962 file is recreated. */
967 close_fd (fd
, pretty_name (f
));
973 /* Start at the beginning of the file. */
974 record_open_fd (f
, fd
, 0, &new_stats
, (is_stdin
? -1 : blocking
));
975 xlseek (fd
, 0, SEEK_SET
, pretty_name (f
));
979 /* Return true if any of the N_FILES files in F are live, i.e., have
980 open file descriptors. */
983 any_live_files (const struct File_spec
*f
, size_t n_files
)
987 for (i
= 0; i
< n_files
; i
++)
993 /* Tail N_FILES files forever, or until killed.
994 The pertinent information for each file is stored in an entry of F.
995 Loop over each of them, doing an fstat to see if they have changed size,
996 and an occasional open/fstat to see if any dev/ino pair has changed.
997 If none of them have changed size in one iteration, sleep for a
998 while and try again. Continue until the user interrupts us. */
1001 tail_forever (struct File_spec
*f
, size_t n_files
, double sleep_interval
)
1003 /* Use blocking I/O as an optimization, when it's easy. */
1004 bool blocking
= (pid
== 0 && follow_mode
== Follow_descriptor
1005 && n_files
== 1 && ! S_ISREG (f
[0].mode
));
1007 bool writer_is_dead
= false;
1014 bool any_input
= false;
1016 for (i
= 0; i
< n_files
; i
++)
1022 uintmax_t bytes_read
;
1029 recheck (&f
[i
], blocking
);
1034 name
= pretty_name (&f
[i
]);
1037 if (f
[i
].blocking
!= blocking
)
1039 int old_flags
= fcntl (fd
, F_GETFL
);
1040 int new_flags
= old_flags
| (blocking
? 0 : O_NONBLOCK
);
1042 || (new_flags
!= old_flags
1043 && fcntl (fd
, F_SETFL
, new_flags
) == -1))
1045 /* Don't update f[i].blocking if fcntl fails. */
1046 if (S_ISREG (f
[i
].mode
) && errno
== EPERM
)
1048 /* This happens when using tail -f on a file with
1049 the append-only attribute. */
1052 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
,
1053 _("%s: cannot change nonblocking mode"), name
);
1056 f
[i
].blocking
= blocking
;
1061 if (fstat (fd
, &stats
) != 0)
1064 f
[i
].errnum
= errno
;
1065 error (0, errno
, "%s", name
);
1069 if (f
[i
].mode
== stats
.st_mode
1070 && (! S_ISREG (stats
.st_mode
) || f
[i
].size
== stats
.st_size
)
1071 && timespec_cmp (f
[i
].mtime
, get_stat_mtime (&stats
)) == 0)
1073 if ((max_n_unchanged_stats_between_opens
1074 <= f
[i
].n_unchanged_stats
++)
1075 && follow_mode
== Follow_name
)
1077 recheck (&f
[i
], f
[i
].blocking
);
1078 f
[i
].n_unchanged_stats
= 0;
1083 /* This file has changed. Print out what we can, and
1084 then keep looping. */
1086 f
[i
].mtime
= get_stat_mtime (&stats
);
1087 f
[i
].mode
= stats
.st_mode
;
1090 f
[i
].n_unchanged_stats
= 0;
1092 if (S_ISREG (mode
) && stats
.st_size
< f
[i
].size
)
1094 error (0, 0, _("%s: file truncated"), name
);
1096 xlseek (fd
, stats
.st_size
, SEEK_SET
, name
);
1097 f
[i
].size
= stats
.st_size
;
1104 write_header (name
);
1109 bytes_read
= dump_remainder (name
, fd
,
1111 ? COPY_A_BUFFER
: COPY_TO_EOF
));
1112 any_input
|= (bytes_read
!= 0);
1113 f
[i
].size
+= bytes_read
;
1116 if (! any_live_files (f
, n_files
) && ! reopen_inaccessible_files
)
1118 error (0, 0, _("no files remaining"));
1122 if ((!any_input
| blocking
) && fflush (stdout
) != 0)
1123 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, _("write error"));
1125 /* If nothing was read, sleep and/or check for dead writers. */
1131 if (xnanosleep (sleep_interval
))
1132 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, _("cannot read realtime clock"));
1134 /* Once the writer is dead, read the files once more to
1135 avoid a race condition. */
1136 writer_is_dead
= (pid
!= 0
1137 && kill (pid
, 0) != 0
1138 /* Handle the case in which you cannot send a
1139 signal to the writer, so kill fails and sets
1149 wd_hasher (const void *entry
, size_t tabsize
)
1151 const struct File_spec
*spec
= entry
;
1152 return spec
->wd
% tabsize
;
1156 wd_comparator (const void *e1
, const void *e2
)
1158 const struct File_spec
*spec1
= e1
;
1159 const struct File_spec
*spec2
= e2
;
1160 return spec1
->wd
== spec2
->wd
;
1163 /* Tail N_FILES files forever, or until killed.
1164 Check modifications using the inotify events system. */
1167 tail_forever_inotify (int wd
, struct File_spec
*f
, size_t n_files
,
1168 double sleep_interval
)
1171 unsigned int max_realloc
= 3;
1172 Hash_table
*wd_table
;
1174 bool found_watchable
= false;
1178 size_t evbuf_off
= 0;
1181 wd_table
= hash_initialize (n_files
, NULL
, wd_hasher
, wd_comparator
, NULL
);
1185 /* Add an inotify watch for each watched file. If -F is specified then watch
1186 its parent directory too, in this way when they re-appear we can add them
1187 again to the watch list. */
1188 for (i
= 0; i
< n_files
; i
++)
1192 size_t fnlen
= strlen (f
[i
].name
);
1198 if (follow_mode
== Follow_name
)
1200 size_t dirlen
= dir_len (f
[i
].name
);
1201 char prev
= f
[i
].name
[dirlen
];
1202 f
[i
].basename_start
= last_component (f
[i
].name
) - f
[i
].name
;
1204 f
[i
].name
[dirlen
] = '\0';
1206 /* It's fine to add the same directory more than once.
1207 In that case the same watch descriptor is returned. */
1208 f
[i
].parent_wd
= inotify_add_watch (wd
, dirlen
? f
[i
].name
: ".",
1209 (IN_CREATE
| IN_MOVED_TO
1212 f
[i
].name
[dirlen
] = prev
;
1214 if (f
[i
].parent_wd
< 0)
1216 error (0, errno
, _("cannot watch parent directory of %s"),
1222 f
[i
].wd
= inotify_add_watch (wd
, f
[i
].name
, inotify_wd_mask
);
1226 if (errno
!= f
[i
].errnum
)
1227 error (0, errno
, _("cannot watch %s"), quote (f
[i
].name
));
1231 if (hash_insert (wd_table
, &(f
[i
])) == NULL
)
1234 if (follow_mode
== Follow_name
|| f
[i
].wd
)
1235 found_watchable
= true;
1239 if (follow_mode
== Follow_descriptor
&& !found_watchable
)
1242 prev_wd
= f
[n_files
- 1].wd
;
1244 evlen
+= sizeof (struct inotify_event
) + 1;
1245 evbuf
= xmalloc (evlen
);
1247 /* Wait for inotify events and handle them. Events on directories make sure
1248 that watched files can be re-added when -F is used.
1249 This loop sleeps on the `safe_read' call until a new event is notified. */
1253 struct File_spec
*fspec
;
1254 uintmax_t bytes_read
;
1257 struct inotify_event
*ev
;
1259 /* When watching a PID, ensure that a read from WD will not block
1264 struct timeval select_timeout
;
1270 select_timeout
.tv_sec
= (time_t) sleep_interval
;
1271 select_timeout
.tv_usec
= 1000000000 * (sleep_interval
1272 - select_timeout
.tv_sec
);
1274 n_descriptors
= select (wd
+ 1, &rfd
, NULL
, NULL
, &select_timeout
);
1276 if (n_descriptors
== -1)
1277 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, _("error monitoring inotify event"));
1279 if (n_descriptors
== 0)
1281 /* See if the process we are monitoring is still alive. */
1282 if (kill (pid
, 0) != 0 && errno
!= EPERM
)
1289 if (len
<= evbuf_off
)
1291 len
= safe_read (wd
, evbuf
, evlen
);
1294 /* For kernels prior to 2.6.21, read returns 0 when the buffer
1296 if ((len
== 0 || (len
== SAFE_READ_ERROR
&& errno
== EINVAL
))
1301 evbuf
= xrealloc (evbuf
, evlen
);
1305 if (len
== 0 || len
== SAFE_READ_ERROR
)
1306 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, _("error reading inotify event"));
1309 ev
= (struct inotify_event
*) (evbuf
+ evbuf_off
);
1310 evbuf_off
+= sizeof (*ev
) + ev
->len
;
1314 for (i
= 0; i
< n_files
; i
++)
1316 /* With N=hundreds of frequently-changing files, this O(N^2)
1317 process might be a problem. FIXME: use a hash table? */
1318 if (f
[i
].parent_wd
== ev
->wd
1319 && STREQ (ev
->name
, f
[i
].name
+ f
[i
].basename_start
))
1323 /* It is not a watched file. */
1327 f
[i
].wd
= inotify_add_watch (wd
, f
[i
].name
, inotify_wd_mask
);
1331 error (0, errno
, _("cannot watch %s"), quote (f
[i
].name
));
1336 if (hash_insert (wd_table
, fspec
) == NULL
)
1339 if (follow_mode
== Follow_name
)
1340 recheck (&(f
[i
]), false);
1344 struct File_spec key
;
1346 fspec
= hash_lookup (wd_table
, &key
);
1352 if (ev
->mask
& (IN_ATTRIB
| IN_DELETE_SELF
| IN_MOVE_SELF
))
1354 if (ev
->mask
& (IN_DELETE_SELF
| IN_MOVE_SELF
))
1356 inotify_rm_watch (wd
, f
[i
].wd
);
1357 hash_delete (wd_table
, &(f
[i
]));
1359 if (follow_mode
== Follow_name
)
1360 recheck (fspec
, false);
1365 name
= pretty_name (fspec
);
1367 if (fstat (fspec
->fd
, &stats
) != 0)
1369 close_fd (fspec
->fd
, name
);
1371 fspec
->errnum
= errno
;
1375 if (S_ISREG (fspec
->mode
) && stats
.st_size
< fspec
->size
)
1377 error (0, 0, _("%s: file truncated"), name
);
1379 xlseek (fspec
->fd
, stats
.st_size
, SEEK_SET
, name
);
1380 fspec
->size
= stats
.st_size
;
1383 if (ev
->wd
!= prev_wd
)
1386 write_header (name
);
1390 bytes_read
= dump_remainder (name
, fspec
->fd
, COPY_TO_EOF
);
1391 fspec
->size
+= bytes_read
;
1393 if (fflush (stdout
) != 0)
1394 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, _("write error"));
1400 /* Output the last N_BYTES bytes of file FILENAME open for reading in FD.
1401 Return true if successful. */
1404 tail_bytes (const char *pretty_filename
, int fd
, uintmax_t n_bytes
,
1405 uintmax_t *read_pos
)
1409 if (fstat (fd
, &stats
))
1411 error (0, errno
, _("cannot fstat %s"), quote (pretty_filename
));
1417 if ( ! presume_input_pipe
1418 && S_ISREG (stats
.st_mode
) && n_bytes
<= OFF_T_MAX
)
1420 xlseek (fd
, n_bytes
, SEEK_CUR
, pretty_filename
);
1421 *read_pos
+= n_bytes
;
1425 int t
= start_bytes (pretty_filename
, fd
, n_bytes
, read_pos
);
1429 *read_pos
+= dump_remainder (pretty_filename
, fd
, COPY_TO_EOF
);
1433 if ( ! presume_input_pipe
1434 && S_ISREG (stats
.st_mode
) && n_bytes
<= OFF_T_MAX
)
1436 off_t current_pos
= xlseek (fd
, 0, SEEK_CUR
, pretty_filename
);
1437 off_t end_pos
= xlseek (fd
, 0, SEEK_END
, pretty_filename
);
1438 off_t diff
= end_pos
- current_pos
;
1439 /* Be careful here. The current position may actually be
1440 beyond the end of the file. */
1441 off_t bytes_remaining
= (diff
= end_pos
- current_pos
) < 0 ? 0 : diff
;
1444 if (bytes_remaining
<= nb
)
1446 /* From the current position to end of file, there are no
1447 more bytes than have been requested. So reposition the
1448 file pointer to the incoming current position and print
1449 everything after that. */
1450 *read_pos
= xlseek (fd
, current_pos
, SEEK_SET
, pretty_filename
);
1454 /* There are more bytes remaining than were requested.
1456 *read_pos
= xlseek (fd
, -nb
, SEEK_END
, pretty_filename
);
1458 *read_pos
+= dump_remainder (pretty_filename
, fd
, n_bytes
);
1461 return pipe_bytes (pretty_filename
, fd
, n_bytes
, read_pos
);
1466 /* Output the last N_LINES lines of file FILENAME open for reading in FD.
1467 Return true if successful. */
1470 tail_lines (const char *pretty_filename
, int fd
, uintmax_t n_lines
,
1471 uintmax_t *read_pos
)
1475 if (fstat (fd
, &stats
))
1477 error (0, errno
, _("cannot fstat %s"), quote (pretty_filename
));
1483 int t
= start_lines (pretty_filename
, fd
, n_lines
, read_pos
);
1486 *read_pos
+= dump_remainder (pretty_filename
, fd
, COPY_TO_EOF
);
1490 off_t start_pos
= -1;
1493 /* Use file_lines only if FD refers to a regular file for
1494 which lseek (... SEEK_END) works. */
1495 if ( ! presume_input_pipe
1496 && S_ISREG (stats
.st_mode
)
1497 && (start_pos
= lseek (fd
, 0, SEEK_CUR
)) != -1
1498 && start_pos
< (end_pos
= lseek (fd
, 0, SEEK_END
)))
1500 *read_pos
= end_pos
;
1502 && ! file_lines (pretty_filename
, fd
, n_lines
,
1503 start_pos
, end_pos
, read_pos
))
1508 /* Under very unlikely circumstances, it is possible to reach
1509 this point after positioning the file pointer to end of file
1510 via the `lseek (...SEEK_END)' above. In that case, reposition
1511 the file pointer back to start_pos before calling pipe_lines. */
1512 if (start_pos
!= -1)
1513 xlseek (fd
, start_pos
, SEEK_SET
, pretty_filename
);
1515 return pipe_lines (pretty_filename
, fd
, n_lines
, read_pos
);
1521 /* Display the last N_UNITS units of file FILENAME, open for reading
1522 via FD. Set *READ_POS to the position of the input stream pointer.
1523 *READ_POS is usually the number of bytes read and corresponds to an
1524 offset from the beginning of a file. However, it may be larger than
1525 OFF_T_MAX (as for an input pipe), and may also be larger than the
1526 number of bytes read (when an input pointer is initially not at
1527 beginning of file), and may be far greater than the number of bytes
1528 actually read for an input file that is seekable.
1529 Return true if successful. */
1532 tail (const char *filename
, int fd
, uintmax_t n_units
,
1533 uintmax_t *read_pos
)
1537 return tail_lines (filename
, fd
, n_units
, read_pos
);
1539 return tail_bytes (filename
, fd
, n_units
, read_pos
);
1542 /* Display the last N_UNITS units of the file described by F.
1543 Return true if successful. */
1546 tail_file (struct File_spec
*f
, uintmax_t n_units
)
1551 bool is_stdin
= (STREQ (f
->name
, "-"));
1555 have_read_stdin
= true;
1557 if (O_BINARY
&& ! isatty (STDIN_FILENO
))
1558 xfreopen (NULL
, "rb", stdin
);
1561 fd
= open (f
->name
, O_RDONLY
| O_BINARY
);
1563 f
->tailable
= !(reopen_inaccessible_files
&& fd
== -1);
1575 error (0, errno
, _("cannot open %s for reading"),
1576 quote (pretty_name (f
)));
1584 write_header (pretty_name (f
));
1585 ok
= tail (pretty_name (f
), fd
, n_units
, &read_pos
);
1590 #if TEST_RACE_BETWEEN_FINAL_READ_AND_INITIAL_FSTAT
1591 /* Before the tail function provided `read_pos', there was
1592 a race condition described in the URL below. This sleep
1593 call made the window big enough to exercise the problem. */
1597 if (fstat (fd
, &stats
) < 0)
1601 error (0, errno
, _("error reading %s"), quote (pretty_name (f
)));
1603 else if (!IS_TAILABLE_FILE_TYPE (stats
.st_mode
))
1605 error (0, 0, _("%s: cannot follow end of this type of file;\
1606 giving up on this name"),
1615 close_fd (fd
, pretty_name (f
));
1620 /* Note: we must use read_pos here, not stats.st_size,
1621 to avoid a race condition described by Ken Raeburn:
1622 http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-textutils/2003-05/msg00007.html */
1623 record_open_fd (f
, fd
, read_pos
, &stats
, (is_stdin
? -1 : 1));
1628 if (!is_stdin
&& close (fd
))
1630 error (0, errno
, _("error reading %s"), quote (pretty_name (f
)));
1639 /* If obsolete usage is allowed, and the command line arguments are of
1640 the obsolete form and the option string is well-formed, set
1641 *N_UNITS, the globals COUNT_LINES, FOREVER, and FROM_START, and
1642 return true. If the command line arguments are obviously incorrect
1643 (e.g., because obsolete usage is not allowed and the arguments are
1644 incorrect for non-obsolete usage), report an error and exit.
1645 Otherwise, return false and don't modify any parameter or global
1649 parse_obsolete_option (int argc
, char * const *argv
, uintmax_t *n_units
)
1652 const char *n_string
;
1653 const char *n_string_end
;
1654 bool obsolete_usage
;
1655 int default_count
= DEFAULT_N_LINES
;
1657 bool t_count_lines
= true;
1658 bool t_forever
= false;
1660 /* With the obsolete form, there is one option string and at most
1661 one file argument. Watch out for "-" and "--", though. */
1663 || (argc
== 3 && ! (argv
[2][0] == '-' && argv
[2][1]))
1664 || (3 <= argc
&& argc
<= 4 && STREQ (argv
[2], "--"))))
1667 obsolete_usage
= (posix2_version () < 200112);
1676 /* Leading "+" is a file name in the non-obsolete form. */
1677 if (!obsolete_usage
)
1680 t_from_start
= true;
1684 /* In the non-obsolete form, "-" is standard input and "-c"
1685 requires an option-argument. The obsolete multidigit options
1686 are supported as a GNU extension even when conforming to
1687 POSIX 1003.1-2001, so don't complain about them. */
1688 if (!obsolete_usage
&& !p
[p
[0] == 'c'])
1691 t_from_start
= false;
1696 while (ISDIGIT (*p
))
1702 case 'b': default_count
*= 512; /* Fall through. */
1703 case 'c': t_count_lines
= false; /* Fall through. */
1704 case 'l': p
++; break;
1716 if (n_string
== n_string_end
)
1717 *n_units
= default_count
;
1718 else if ((xstrtoumax (n_string
, NULL
, 10, n_units
, "b")
1719 & ~LONGINT_INVALID_SUFFIX_CHAR
)
1721 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0, _("number in %s is too large"), quote (argv
[1]));
1724 from_start
= t_from_start
;
1725 count_lines
= t_count_lines
;
1726 forever
= t_forever
;
1732 parse_options (int argc
, char **argv
,
1733 uintmax_t *n_units
, enum header_mode
*header_mode
,
1734 double *sleep_interval
)
1738 while ((c
= getopt_long (argc
, argv
, "c:n:fFqs:v0123456789",
1739 long_options
, NULL
))
1746 follow_mode
= Follow_name
;
1747 reopen_inaccessible_files
= true;
1752 count_lines
= (c
== 'n');
1755 else if (*optarg
== '-')
1760 s_err
= xstrtoumax (optarg
, NULL
, 10, n_units
, "bkKmMGTPEZY0");
1761 if (s_err
!= LONGINT_OK
)
1763 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0, "%s: %s", optarg
,
1765 ? _("invalid number of lines")
1766 : _("invalid number of bytes")));
1772 case LONG_FOLLOW_OPTION
:
1775 follow_mode
= DEFAULT_FOLLOW_MODE
;
1777 follow_mode
= XARGMATCH ("--follow", optarg
,
1778 follow_mode_string
, follow_mode_map
);
1782 reopen_inaccessible_files
= true;
1785 case MAX_UNCHANGED_STATS_OPTION
:
1786 /* --max-unchanged-stats=N */
1787 if (xstrtoumax (optarg
, NULL
, 10,
1788 &max_n_unchanged_stats_between_opens
,
1792 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0,
1793 _("%s: invalid maximum number of unchanged stats between opens"),
1801 unsigned long int tmp_ulong
;
1802 s_err
= xstrtoul (optarg
, NULL
, 10, &tmp_ulong
, "");
1803 if (s_err
!= LONGINT_OK
|| tmp_ulong
> PID_T_MAX
)
1805 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0, _("%s: invalid PID"), optarg
);
1811 case PRESUME_INPUT_PIPE_OPTION
:
1812 presume_input_pipe
= true;
1816 *header_mode
= never
;
1822 if (! (xstrtod (optarg
, NULL
, &s
, c_strtod
) && 0 <= s
))
1823 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0,
1824 _("%s: invalid number of seconds"), optarg
);
1825 *sleep_interval
= s
;
1830 *header_mode
= always
;
1833 case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR
;
1835 case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME
, AUTHORS
);
1837 case '0': case '1': case '2': case '3': case '4':
1838 case '5': case '6': case '7': case '8': case '9':
1839 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0,
1840 _("option used in invalid context -- %c"), c
);
1843 usage (EXIT_FAILURE
);
1847 if (reopen_inaccessible_files
&& follow_mode
!= Follow_name
)
1848 error (0, 0, _("warning: --retry is useful mainly when following by name"));
1850 if (pid
&& !forever
)
1852 _("warning: PID ignored; --pid=PID is useful only when following"));
1853 else if (pid
&& kill (pid
, 0) != 0 && errno
== ENOSYS
)
1855 error (0, 0, _("warning: --pid=PID is not supported on this system"));
1861 main (int argc
, char **argv
)
1863 enum header_mode header_mode
= multiple_files
;
1865 /* If from_start, the number of items to skip before printing; otherwise,
1866 the number of items at the end of the file to print. Although the type
1867 is signed, the value is never negative. */
1868 uintmax_t n_units
= DEFAULT_N_LINES
;
1871 struct File_spec
*F
;
1873 bool obsolete_option
;
1875 /* The number of seconds to sleep between iterations.
1876 During one iteration, every file name or descriptor is checked to
1877 see if it has changed. */
1878 double sleep_interval
= 1.0;
1880 initialize_main (&argc
, &argv
);
1881 set_program_name (argv
[0]);
1882 setlocale (LC_ALL
, "");
1883 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE
, LOCALEDIR
);
1884 textdomain (PACKAGE
);
1886 atexit (close_stdout
);
1888 have_read_stdin
= false;
1891 forever
= from_start
= print_headers
= false;
1892 obsolete_option
= parse_obsolete_option (argc
, argv
, &n_units
);
1893 argc
-= obsolete_option
;
1894 argv
+= obsolete_option
;
1895 parse_options (argc
, argv
, &n_units
, &header_mode
, &sleep_interval
);
1897 /* To start printing with item N_UNITS from the start of the file, skip
1898 N_UNITS - 1 items. `tail -n +0' is actually meaningless, but for Unix
1899 compatibility it's treated the same as `tail -n +1'. */
1908 n_files
= argc
- optind
;
1909 file
= argv
+ optind
;
1913 static char *dummy_stdin
= (char *) "-";
1915 file
= &dummy_stdin
;
1917 /* POSIX says that -f is ignored if no file operand is specified
1918 and standard input is a pipe. However, the GNU coding
1919 standards say that program behavior should not depend on
1920 device type, because device independence is an important
1921 principle of the system's design.
1923 Follow the POSIX requirement only if POSIXLY_CORRECT is set. */
1925 if (forever
&& getenv ("POSIXLY_CORRECT"))
1928 int is_a_fifo_or_pipe
=
1929 (fstat (STDIN_FILENO
, &st
) != 0 ? -1
1930 : S_ISFIFO (st
.st_mode
) ? 1
1931 : HAVE_FIFO_PIPES
== 1 ? 0
1932 : isapipe (STDIN_FILENO
));
1933 if (is_a_fifo_or_pipe
< 0)
1934 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, _("standard input"));
1935 if (is_a_fifo_or_pipe
)
1941 bool found_hyphen
= false;
1943 for (i
= 0; i
< n_files
; i
++)
1944 if (STREQ (file
[i
], "-"))
1945 found_hyphen
= true;
1947 /* When following by name, there must be a name. */
1948 if (found_hyphen
&& follow_mode
== Follow_name
)
1949 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0, _("cannot follow %s by name"), quote ("-"));
1951 /* When following forever, warn if any file is `-'.
1952 This is only a warning, since tail's output (before a failing seek,
1953 and that from any non-stdin files) might still be useful. */
1954 if (forever
&& found_hyphen
&& isatty (STDIN_FILENO
))
1955 error (0, 0, _("warning: following standard input"
1956 " indefinitely is ineffective"));
1959 F
= xnmalloc (n_files
, sizeof *F
);
1960 for (i
= 0; i
< n_files
; i
++)
1961 F
[i
].name
= file
[i
];
1963 if (header_mode
== always
1964 || (header_mode
== multiple_files
&& n_files
> 1))
1965 print_headers
= true;
1967 if (O_BINARY
&& ! isatty (STDOUT_FILENO
))
1968 xfreopen (NULL
, "wb", stdout
);
1970 for (i
= 0; i
< n_files
; i
++)
1971 ok
&= tail_file (&F
[i
], n_units
);
1976 int wd
= inotify_init ();
1978 error (0, errno
, _("inotify cannot be used, reverting to polling"));
1981 tail_forever_inotify (wd
, F
, n_files
, sleep_interval
);
1983 /* The only way the above returns is upon failure. */
1984 exit (EXIT_FAILURE
);
1987 tail_forever (F
, n_files
, sleep_interval
);
1990 if (have_read_stdin
&& close (STDIN_FILENO
) < 0)
1991 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, "-");
1992 exit (ok
? EXIT_SUCCESS
: EXIT_FAILURE
);