From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 06:34:22 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (usage): Clarify: --retry works only with --follow=name.
X-Git-Tag: v5.3.0~575
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ca4c25cccbd62f6eea4e1b69b4f9e396cf1bc1a8;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

(usage): Clarify: --retry works only with --follow=name.
Reported by Nik A. Melchior in http://bugs.debian.org/273781.
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diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c
index 2210ec4d7c..fba74ecc3c 100644
--- a/src/tail.c
+++ b/src/tail.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ enum
 
 static struct option const long_options[] =
 {
-  /* --allow-missing is deprecated; use --retry instead */
+  /* FIXME: remove in 2005 --allow-missing is deprecated; use --retry instead */
   {"allow-missing", no_argument, NULL, ALLOW_MISSING_OPTION},
   {"bytes", required_argument, NULL, 'c'},
   {"follow", optional_argument, NULL, LONG_FOLLOW_OPTION},
@@ -236,7 +236,8 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\
      fputs (_("\
       --retry              keep trying to open a file even if it is\n\
                            inaccessible when tail starts or if it becomes\n\
-                           inaccessible later -- useful only with -f\n\
+                           inaccessible later; useful when following by name,\n\
+                           i.e., with --follow=name\n\
   -c, --bytes=N            output the last N bytes\n\
 "), stdout);
      fputs (_("\