SYNOPSIS

       wtail --help
       wtail --version
       wtail file ...

DESCRIPTION

       wtail  does  the  equivalent  of tail -f on several files at once.  The
       screen is split into as many parts as there are files to watch.

       If a file could not be opened, the reason is printed in the  middle  of
       its  window.   wtail  will  keep trying to open files that failed, just
       like GNU tail does with the --retry option.

       Control characters  are  represented  using  two-character  strings  in
       reverse  video.  wtail's idea of a control character is anything in the
       ranges 00h-1Fh and 80h-9Fh plus 7Fh, minus 09h and 0Ah,  regardless  of
       the  locale.   The  notation  for  characters between 00h and 1Fh is ^@
       through ^_.  The notation for 7Fh is ^?.  The notation  for  characters
       between 80h and 9Fh is ~@ through ~_.

       To quit, press [q] or [Q] or [esc] or [ctrl]-[q].

OPTIONS

       --help Print  usage  to  standard  output  and exit successfully.  This
              option is recognised only if it's the only argument to wtail.

       --version
              Print version number to standard output and  exit  successfully.
              This  option  is  recognised  only  if it's the only argument to
              wtail.

BUGS

       SIGWINCH is ignored.

       Should print idle time.

       Should support horizontal scrolling  la less -S.

       Should have different options for files that can't be opened :
       o allocate a window and periodically try to open again,
       o forget about them and don't allocate a window,
       o abort.

       Assumes ISO 8859-* display.

       Should detect that a file has been truncated.

       Catch-up rate is limited.  That's not always the right thing.

       If there are too many files, aborts without an error message.

       Keyboard input doesn't work if standard input is not the tty.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under  the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as pub-
       lished by the Free Software Foundation.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it  will  be  useful,  but
       WITHOUT  ANY  WARRANTY;  without  even  the  implied  warranty  of MER-
       CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU  General
       Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
       with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
       59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

SEE ALSO

       gtail(1), tail(1), xtail(1)



wtail @{VERSION}                  2003-01-09                          WTAIL(1)