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