I prefer:- tail -F filename as most of the logfiles I need to watch tend to wrap at some point and 'tail -f' doesn't check for inode changes. (-F is a non-st

I prefer:- tail -F filename as most of the logfiles I need to watch tend to wrap at some point and 'tail -f' doesn't check for inode changes. (-F is a non-standard option, it's there on GNU's [EDIT] tail binary and OS-X but not Solaris for example).