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Jin Kwon
Jin Kwon

Reputation: 22017

putty remote log tailing hang

I've read tail -f using PuTTY hangs

But please let me ask again.

  1. I connect to A using putty.
  2. Then I connect to B using ssh.
  3. I execute tail -f ...

After some lines tailed terminal stops.

  1. Connection is alive.
  2. Enter key doesn't restart tailing
  3. I have to CTRL-C and re-execute the tail command.

Any ideas?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 596

Answers (1)

dave4420
dave4420

Reputation: 47062

It is possible (e.g. if you are tailing a log file) that the file is being rotated: that something renames the file and incoming data is then added to a new file with the original name.

If this is what is happening, use tail -F ... instead of tail -f ....

Upvotes: 3

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