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Bug#561688: ITP: turbotail -- drop-in replacement for tail, using FAM for following files



Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Christian Dietrich <stettberger@dokucode.de>


* Package name    : turbotail
  Version         : 0.3
  Upstream Author : Folkert van Heusden <folkert@vanheusden.com>
* URL             : http://www.vanheusden.com/turbotail/
* License         : GPL
  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : drop-in replacement for tail, using FAM for following files

turbotail provides almost all command line options as the normal tail
from coreutils, but when following files with -f, it doesn't poll the
file every second, but uses FAM to get informed about changes at the
file.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (700, 'stable'), (650, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)



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