tail -f and log file rotation

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From: Vince
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 22:04

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I suppose I'm not the only one to have the following problem:

I use "tail -f" to get the new entries in the syslog file. But when the file
is renamed  (because it's too big or too old), tail is stuck on the renamed
file, which is not appended anymore.
I've heard about "tailf" (linux) or the option "tail -fname", but there is
nothing like that on Solaris, HP-UX or AIX.

Where can I get some source code to build my own tail that will support this
option or will follow and returned the entries inserted in the new syslog
file?

Thanks for your help.

Vincent

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From: "Vince" <vlasfargues@yahoo.com>
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Subject: tail -f and log file rotation
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