Tail -f -F /var/log/mail/smtp/current

[luv2ride]

Tail seems to drop the connection when monitoring this log file. Is there a way to keep this alive? I have tried both -f & -F with and without piping it thru tai64nlocal

tail -f /var/log/mail/smtp/current |tai64nlocal

Thanks

[dcc24]

This log is rotated every five minutes (depending on how frequent you run toaster-watcher.pl in your cron).  That would explain why you suddenly stop seeing output.  After it is rotated you have to run tail again on the latest "current" file.

Cheers

[matt]

read the man page for tail. Pay special attention to the -F option.