From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 12:56:33 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: --pid vs djgpp
X-Git-Tag: FILEUTILS-4_0j-trial~348
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a2267a42f8734288afb708ccec47eb72b439c00b;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

--pid vs djgpp
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diff --git a/doc/textutils.texi b/doc/textutils.texi
index 69636a4980..ee79fa43d9 100644
--- a/doc/textutils.texi
+++ b/doc/textutils.texi
@@ -1543,6 +1543,8 @@ If you specify a @var{pid} that is not in use or that does not correspond
 to the process that is writing to the tailed files, then @code{tail}
 may terminate long before any @var{file}s stop growing or it may not
 terminate until long after the real writer has terminated.
+Note that @samp{--pid} cannot be supported on some systems; @code{tail}
+will print a warning if this is the case.
 
 @itemx --max-consecutive-size-changes=@var{n}
 @opindex --max-consecutive-size-changes