dirty bit

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Nov 15	awarded	Popular Question
Sep 30	comment	How to add a timestamp to each line of a logfile? In addition to my previous comment; See my revised question. The program recreates the file, which most likely causes the script as well as tail to fail, since there's no more fifo to read from.
Sep 30	awarded	Editor
Sep 30	revised	How to add a timestamp to each line of a logfile? Add note about logfile being receated
Sep 30	comment	How to add a timestamp to each line of a logfile? @Nils You linked to the question, not a specific answer. Furthermore all those examples only appear to be working with output on stdout, which I do not have. This is getting close (needs adding a timestamp). Please also note that I updated the question.
Sep 30	awarded	Student
Sep 30	comment	How to add a timestamp to each line of a logfile? I tried doing that but ran into a few problems; To test whether things work, I use `tail -F foo.log` (is that alright or does it cause more trouble?). The program sometimes reopens the logfile. It seems like the output from tail is buffered in some way. Furthermore the program seems to freeze when reopening the logfile (it does not react to input on stdin anymore).
Sep 30	asked	How to add a timestamp to each line of a logfile?