You can not worry about a daemon restart if you use 'tail --follow=name alertSID.log'.
What version of tail you're referring to? -f and --follow[={name|descriptor}] are synonyms (checked for tail (coreutils) 4.5.3) and not available for the commercial versions (checked for SunOS 5.8 Generic 111225-02 and tail.c $Date: 2004/06/03 02:56:22 $Revision: r11.11/4 PATCH_11.11 (PHCO_27138) for HP-UX B.11.11 ).
-f, --follow[={name|descriptor}]output appended data as the file grows; -f, --follow, and --fol-
low=descriptor are equivalent May be you wanted to say -retry, available on some tail versions (Linux): --retrykeep trying to open a file even if it is inaccessible when tail starts or if it becomes inaccessible later -- useful only with
-f or -F same as --follow=name --retry Which could be the solution. RegardsDimitre
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