Why 'tail -f' does not update contents of a file on a CIFS mount dynamically?
Issue
tail -f
do not append contents of a file as it grows.tail -f
displays only the last 10 lines present at the time of invocation of the command.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
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