From: Jim Meyering Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 21:03:35 +0000 (+0000) Subject: *** empty log message *** X-Git-Tag: TEXTUTILS-1_22o~6 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f18a0a433135a8ec4723701f86dfbb8860c21d6c;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git *** empty log message *** --- diff --git a/doc/textutils.texi b/doc/textutils.texi index d242683835..748160cedc 100644 --- a/doc/textutils.texi +++ b/doc/textutils.texi @@ -1540,7 +1540,7 @@ build completes. Without this option, you would have had to kill the @example make >& makerr & tail --pid=$! -f makerr @end example -If you specify a valid @var{pid} that is not in use or that does not +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 process has