mac-osxnetwork-sharetailterminalwindows
I'm using a Mac and I have mounted a Windows network disk in my file system using "Connect to Server" in the Finder.
In the terminal when i do tail -f on a log file located on said network disk, tail is not updating the display when new lines are written to the log file. I'm assuming that tail normally listens to some os event when the file is updated and that this is not working when tailing files on a network drive.
How to solve this problem? Another program?
I've had success with Sysinternals Process Explorer. With this, you can search to find what process(es) have a file open, and you can use it to close the handle(s) if you want. Of course, it is safer to close the whole process. Exercise caution and judgement.
To find a specific file, use the menu option Find->Find Handle or DLL... Type in part of the path to the file. The list of processes will appear below.
If you prefer command line, Sysinternals suite includes command line tool Handle, that lists open handles.
Examples
c:\Program Files\SysinternalsSuite>handle.exe |findstr /i "e:\" (finds all files opened from drive e:\"c:\Program Files\SysinternalsSuite>handle.exe |findstr /i "file-or-path-in-question"
Best Answer
sendmoreinfo is right,
tailwatches for changes in file size. Sometimes this does not happen correctly on mac clients (especially when samba is involved). I ended my search in this phenomenon after two days, the mac smb client is just wired sometimes (ever tried to connect to shares with signature check twice?).