Use -F instead of -f in tail(1) examples

There is an example in tail(1) manual page explaining how to use tail(1) to
track the contents of /var/log/messages. The example uses the -f flag to
follow the file. The problem with the -f flag is that it cannot handle the
situation where /var/log/messages is rotated. Hence, use -F instead in the
example.

Reviewed by:	asomers
MFC after:	3 days
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D24157
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Mateusz Piotrowski 2020-03-22 21:51:50 +00:00
parent 829a8a6550
commit c0f2b64a89

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@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
.\" @(#)tail.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd April 10, 2018
.Dd March 22, 2020
.Dt TAIL 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Keep
.Pa /var/log/messages
open, displaying to the standard output anything appended to the file:
.Pp
.Dl $ tail -f /var/log/messages
.Dl $ tail -F /var/log/messages
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr cat 1 ,
.Xr head 1 ,