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TAILF(1)		   Linux Programmer's Manual		      TAILF(1)

NAME
       tailf - follow the growth of a log file

SYNOPSIS
       tailf file

DESCRIPTION
       tailf  will print out the last 10 lines of a file and then wait for the
       file to grow.  It is similar to tail -f but does not  access  the  file
       when  it	 is not growing.  This has the side effect of not updating the
       access time for the file, so a filesystem flush does not occur periodi‐
       cally when no log activity is happening.

       tailf  is  extremely  useful  for monitoring log files on a laptop when
       logging is infrequent and the user desires that the hard disk spin down
       to conserve battery life.

BUGS
       An  option  could  be provided to print out the last n lines instead of
       the last 10.

AUTHOR
       This program was written by Rik Faith (faith@acm.org) and may be freely
       distributed  under  the	terms  of the X11/MIT License.	There is ABSO‐
       LUTELY NO WARRANTY for this program.

SEE ALSO
       tail(1), less(1)

			       13 February 2003			      TAILF(1)

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