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From: hobie@sq.uucp (Hobie Orris)
Date: Thu, 21-Jan-88 22:59:22 EST
Message-ID: <1988Jan21.225922.4833@sq.uucp>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Peeking at busy files
Reply-To: hobie@sq.com (Hobie Orris)
Distribution: na
Organization: SoftQuad Inc., Toronto
Keywords: AmigaDOG! Here, boy! Gimme the nice file.

	I have a small `tail' program to which I would like to add the magical
`-f' option. This waits while new lines are added to the file and shows them as
they are being added.  Now I know that while I am kermiting something, it has a
zero size in the directory and you get a `file in use' type of error if you try
to look at it.  Is there any way to gain read access to a file that is being 
written to by another process?

 Hobie Orris			| "I'm checking out of this bourgeois motel -
 guest of SoftQuad Inc. Toronto	| Push myself away from the dinner table and say
 utzoo!sq!hobie			| NO MORE JELLO FOR ME, MOM!"