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diff --git a/testing/e2tools/e2tail.1 b/testing/e2tools/e2tail.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..bd48600fd4 --- /dev/null +++ b/testing/e2tools/e2tail.1 @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +.TH E2TAIL 1 "March 2, 2005" +.\" +.SH NAME +e2tail \- a basic version of the tail command for an ext2 filesystem +.\" +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B e2tail +.RI [ options ] " file" +.\" +.SH DESCRIPTION +The \fBe2tail\fP command implements a basic version of the tail command. +.\" +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.B \-n \fInum_lines\fP +The number of lines to display +.TP +.B \-f +Output appended data as the file grows. This is inode dependent, so if the +file is renamed, it will keep checking it. +.TP +.B \-F +Output appended data as the file grows. This is file name dependent, so if +the file is renamed, it will check on any new files with the same name as the +original. This is useful for watching log files that may be rotated out +occasionally. This was requested by a person in the computer security field +for monitoring 'honeypot' type machines. +.TP +.B \-s \fIsleep_interval\fP +The number of seconds to sleep before checking if the file has grown while +in 'follow' mode. The default is 1. +.\" +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR e2tools (7), +.BR e2ln (1), +.BR e2ls (1), +.BR e2mkdir (1), +.BR e2cp (1), +.BR e2rm (1), +.BR e2mv (1). +.\" +.SH AUTHOR +The \fBe2tools\fP were written by Keith Sheffield <sheff@pobox.com>. +.PP +This manual page was written by Lucas Wall <lwall@debian.org>, +for the Debian project (but may be used by others). |