tail stops displaying in case of a log rotation

Posted by Rudy Vissers on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Rudy Vissers
Published on 2012-10-18T09:53:54Z Indexed on 2012/10/18 11:15 UTC
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I have to tail the log of a server (servicemix) and the log rotation is enabled. As soon as the rotation happens, tail stops displaying. I did some investigations and it is a bug in Debian : Debian Bug Report. The bug has been around for a long time ago. Does anyone knows if this bug in Ubuntu is to be fixed?

I'm on Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit. I don't have to mention that this bug is total hell! Every time I have the problem, I have to interrupt the command tail and re-execute the command!

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