[plug] tail -f /var/log/messages

[Leon Brooks]

"Earnshaw, Mike" wrote:
> I normally use

> tail -f /var/log/messages

> but there seems to be some delay before the screen reflects what has
> happened in the log. Is there a way to increase the "polling speed" of
> this command. 'Man tail' on my machine did not indicate so.

Roll your log file over more often. Look in /etc/logrotate.d I think.

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