1"xtail" watches the growth of files.  It's like running a "tail -f"
2on a bunch of files at once.
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4You can specify both filenames and directories on the command line.
5If you specify a directory, it watches all the files in that
6directory.  It will notice when new files are created (and start
7watching them) or when old files are deleted (and stop watching
8them).
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10This program is an oldie but goodie.  It was posted to comp.sources.misc
11in July 1989 (see ftp.uu.net:/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume7/xtail.Z).
12I remember posting an even earlier version to alt.sources.  It has
13been published in the O'Reilly & Associates "Unix Power Tools"
14collection (book and CD-ROM).  Over the years, some fly-by-night
15organizations (such as the MIT X Consortium and SGI) have tried to
16steal the "xtail" name.  Don't be fooled!  Insist on the original.
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