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diff --git a/misc/p5-File-Tail/DESCR b/misc/p5-File-Tail/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..02d7193d99d --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/p5-File-Tail/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +The primary purpose of File::Tail is reading and analysing log files while +they are being written. + +The module tries very hard NOT to ``busy-wait'' on a file that has little +traffic. If the file does not get altered for a while, File::Tail gets +suspicious and startschecking if the file was truncated, or moved and +recreated. If anything like that had happened, File::Tail will quietly +reopen the file, and continue reading. |