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"xtail" watches the growth of files. It's like running a "tail -f"
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on a bunch of files at once.
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You can specify both filenames and directories on the command line.
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If you specify a directory, it watches all the files in that
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directory. It will notice when new files are created (and start
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watching them) or when old files are deleted (and stop watching
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them).
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This program is an oldie but goodie. It was posted to comp.sources.misc
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in July 1989 (see ftp.uu.net:/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume7/xtail.Z).
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I remember posting an even earlier version to alt.sources. It has
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been published in the O'Reilly & Associates "Unix Power Tools"
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collection (book and CD-ROM).
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Over the years, some fly-by-night organizations (such as the MIT
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X Consortium and SGI) have tried to steal the "xtail" name. Don't
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be fooled! Insist on the original.
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The 1989 release credited David Dykstra for his contributions.
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Chip Rosenthal
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<chip@unicom.com>
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- ported to FreeBSD by Gianmarco (gmarco@giovannelli.it)
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