[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#441971: Bug#441971: smbfs: tail -f on growing file shared from WINXP BOX not working

[Christian Perrier]

severity 441971 normal
thanks


> 
> tail -f not working, less F not working, when I list the mounted directory, I see that file has all time the sime size, what is not true.
> 
> For example perl script which not working to
> 
> my $fn = '/mounted_from_xp/file.txt';
> open (FH, "<$fn");
> for (;;) {
>         while (<FH>) {
>                 print $_;
>         }
>         sleep 1;
>         seek(FH, 0, 1);
> }


This is probably not "a bug which has a major effect on the usability
of a package, without rendering it completely unusable to everyone.",
hence downgrading the severity.



We need more information.

How do you mount the Windows directory (mount options)?


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