Clarify "tail - f" example.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 299c9feb9e6c10d722d8ca6f891df876258dbb37..8d04388be157e01d27f90cf93dcea8cb9c33d479 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-09-29  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+       * NEWS: Clarify "tail - f" example.
+
 2005-09-29  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
 
        * Version 5.90.

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index db77669cedda2f4b84d9da68cf7dda155c68f110..0a01bf05438bd01e274d9ac8de3be8a618236b53 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -38,11 +38,14 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
                       POSIX 1003.2-1992    POSIX 1003.1-2001
     sort +4           sort -k 5            sort ./+4
     tail +4           tail -n +4           tail ./+4
-    tail - main.c     tail main.c          tail -- - main.c
+    tail - f          tail f               [see (*) below]
     tail -c 4         tail -c 10 ./4       tail -c4
     touch 12312359 f  touch -t 12312359 f  touch ./12312359 f
     uniq +4           uniq -s 4            uniq ./+4
 
+    (*) "tail - f" does not conform to POSIX 1003.1-2001; to read
+    standard input and then "f", use the command "tail -- - f".
+
   These changes are in response to decisions taken in the January 2005
   Austin Group standardization meeting.  For more details, please see
   "Utility Syntax Guidelines" in the Minutes of the January 2005