way to flush /var/log/message

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

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On 05/19/2012 11:51 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
> Hello:
> 
> Is there a way to flush output to /etc/log/message so a tail -f
>  catches things when they happen rather than what I think I am
> seeing as a buffer hold-until-full delay?
> 
> Thanks in advance, Paul

What you are seeing is the last last 10 lines of the file, and
then new additions as it is added to the file. This is the way
tail -f works. You may want to read the man or info page on tail.

Mikkel
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