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From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: tail -f, does it lock the file while it scans ?
Keywords: tail -f
Message-ID: <1623@auspex.auspex.com>
Date: 15 May 89 18:53:46 GMT
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Reply-To: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara
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>Does tail -f do some kind of file lock to prevent writing by another
>proccess ??

No.