I am having the exact same issue.
strace tail -f file execve("/usr/bin/tail", ["tail", "-f", "file"], [/* 39 vars */]) = 0 brk(0) = 0xa1a000 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f0db215e000 access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=135434, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 135434, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f0db213c000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\20\360\1\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1638120, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 3749080, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f0db1bac000 mprotect(0x7f0db1d36000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0 mmap(0x7f0db1f35000, 20480, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x189000) = 0x7f0db1f35000 mmap(0x7f0db1f3a000, 21720, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f0db1f3a000 close(3) = 0 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f0db213b000 mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f0db2139000 arch_prctl(ARCH_SET_FS, 0x7f0db2139720) = 0 mprotect(0x7f0db1f35000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0x60c000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0x7f0db2160000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 munmap(0x7f0db213c000, 135434) = 0 brk(0) = 0xa1a000 brk(0xa3b000) = 0xa3b000 open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=6856112, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 6856112, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f0db1522000 close(3) = 0 open("file", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=15, ...}) = 0 lseek(3, 0, SEEK_CUR) = 0 lseek(3, 0, SEEK_END) = 15 lseek(3, 0, SEEK_SET) = 0 read(3, "this is a file\n", 15) = 15 lseek(3, 0, SEEK_SET) = 0 read(3, "this is a file\n", 15) = 15 fstat(1, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0620, st_rdev=makedev(136, 2), ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f0db215d000 write(1, "this is a file\n", 15this is a file ) = 15 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=15, ...}) = 0 fstatfs(3, {f_type="EXT2_SUPER_MAGIC", f_bsize=4096, f_blocks=178230698, f_bfree=96244884, f_bavail=87191291, f_files=45268992, f_ffree=44592588, f_fsid={-449494421, -1492475350}, f_namelen=255, f_frsize=4096}) = 0 inotify_init() = 4 inotify_add_watch(4, "file", IN_MODIFY|IN_ATTRIB|IN_DELETE_SELF|IN_MOVE_SELF) = -1 ENOSPC (No space left on device) open("/usr/share/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY) = 5 fstat(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2570, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f0db215c000 read(5, "# Locale name alias data base.\n#"..., 4096) = 2570 read(5, "", 4096) = 0 close(5) = 0 munmap(0x7f0db215c000, 4096) = 0 open("/usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) = 5 fstat(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=619, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 619, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 5, 0) = 0x7f0db215c000 close(5) = 0 write(2, "tail: ", 6tail: ) = 6 write(2, "cannot watch `file'", 19cannot watch `file') = 19 open("/usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) write(2, ": No space left on device", 25: No space left on device) = 25 write(2, "\n", 1 ) = 1 close(1) = 0 munmap(0x7f0db215d000, 4096) = 0 close(2) = 0 exit_group(1) = ?
iqbala@ghar-iqbala:~$ uname -a Linux ghar-iqbala 2.6.38-10-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 28 15:07:17 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux iqbala@ghar-iqbala:~$ lsb_release -a LSB Version: core-2.0-amd64:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-amd64:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-amd64:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 11.04 Release: 11.04 Codename: natty
I am having the exact same issue.
strace tail -f file "/usr/bin/ tail", ["tail", "-f", "file"], [/* 39 vars */]) = 0 "/etc/ld. so.nohwcap" , F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f0db215e000 "/etc/ld. so.preload" , R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) etc/ld. so.cache" , O_RDONLY) = 3 S_IFREG| 0644, st_size=135434, ...}) = 0 "/etc/ld. so.nohwcap" , F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) lib/x86_ 64-linux- gnu/libc. so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 2\1\1\0\ 0\0\0\0\ 0\0\0\0\ 3\0>\0\ 1\0\0\0\ 20\360\ 1\0\0\0\ 0\0"... , 832) = 832 S_IFREG| 0755, st_size=1638120, ...}) = 0 PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f0db1bac000 0x7f0db1d36000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0 5000, 20480, PROT_READ| PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_FIXED| MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x189000) = 0x7f0db1f35000 a000, 21720, PROT_READ| PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_FIXED| MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f0db1f3a000 PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f0db213b000 PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f0db2139000 ARCH_SET_ FS, 0x7f0db2139720) = 0 0x7f0db1f35000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0 0x7f0db2160000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 0x7f0db213c000, 135434) = 0 usr/lib/ locale/ locale- archive" , O_RDONLY) = 3 S_IFREG| 0644, st_size=6856112, ...}) = 0 S_IFREG| 0644, st_size=15, ...}) = 0 S_IFCHR| 0620, st_rdev= makedev( 136, 2), ...}) = 0 PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f0db215d000 S_IFREG| 0644, st_size=15, ...}) = 0 "EXT2_SUPER_ MAGIC", f_bsize=4096, f_blocks=178230698, f_bfree=96244884, f_bavail=87191291, f_files=45268992, f_ffree=44592588, f_fsid={-449494421, -1492475350}, f_namelen=255, f_frsize=4096}) = 0 add_watch( 4, "file", IN_MODIFY| IN_ATTRIB| IN_DELETE_ SELF|IN_ MOVE_SELF) = -1 ENOSPC (No space left on device) usr/share/ locale/ locale. alias", O_RDONLY) = 5 S_IFREG| 0644, st_size=2570, ...}) = 0 PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f0db215c000 0x7f0db215c000, 4096) = 0 usr/share/ locale/ en_US/LC_ MESSAGES/ coreutils. mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) usr/share/ locale/ en/LC_MESSAGES/ coreutils. mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) usr/share/ locale- langpack/ en_US/LC_ MESSAGES/ coreutils. mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) usr/share/ locale- langpack/ en/LC_MESSAGES/ coreutils. mo", O_RDONLY) = 5 S_IFREG| 0644, st_size=619, ...}) = 0 usr/share/ locale/ en_US/LC_ MESSAGES/ libc.mo" , O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) usr/share/ locale/ en/LC_MESSAGES/ libc.mo" , O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) usr/share/ locale- langpack/ en_US/LC_ MESSAGES/ libc.mo" , O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) usr/share/ locale- langpack/ en/LC_MESSAGES/ libc.mo" , O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 0x7f0db215d000, 4096) = 0
execve(
brk(0) = 0xa1a000
access(
mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|
access(
open("/
fstat(3, {st_mode=
mmap(NULL, 135434, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f0db213c000
close(3) = 0
access(
open("/
read(3, "\177ELF\
fstat(3, {st_mode=
mmap(NULL, 3749080, PROT_READ|
mprotect(
mmap(0x7f0db1f3
mmap(0x7f0db1f3
close(3) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|
mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|
arch_prctl(
mprotect(
mprotect(0x60c000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(
munmap(
brk(0) = 0xa1a000
brk(0xa3b000) = 0xa3b000
open("/
fstat(3, {st_mode=
mmap(NULL, 6856112, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f0db1522000
close(3) = 0
open("file", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=
lseek(3, 0, SEEK_CUR) = 0
lseek(3, 0, SEEK_END) = 15
lseek(3, 0, SEEK_SET) = 0
read(3, "this is a file\n", 15) = 15
lseek(3, 0, SEEK_SET) = 0
read(3, "this is a file\n", 15) = 15
fstat(1, {st_mode=
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|
write(1, "this is a file\n", 15this is a file
) = 15
fstat(3, {st_mode=
fstatfs(3, {f_type=
inotify_init() = 4
inotify_
open("/
fstat(5, {st_mode=
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|
read(5, "# Locale name alias data base.\n#"..., 4096) = 2570
read(5, "", 4096) = 0
close(5) = 0
munmap(
open("/
open("/
open("/
open("/
fstat(5, {st_mode=
mmap(NULL, 619, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 5, 0) = 0x7f0db215c000
close(5) = 0
write(2, "tail: ", 6tail: ) = 6
write(2, "cannot watch `file'", 19cannot watch `file') = 19
open("/
open("/
open("/
open("/
write(2, ": No space left on device", 25: No space left on device) = 25
write(2, "\n", 1
) = 1
close(1) = 0
munmap(
close(2) = 0
exit_group(1) = ?
iqbala@ ghar-iqbala: ~$ uname -a ghar-iqbala: ~$ lsb_release -a 0-amd64: core-2. 0-noarch: core-3. 0-amd64: core-3. 0-noarch: core-3. 1-amd64: core-3. 1-noarch: core-3. 2-amd64: core-3. 2-noarch: core-4. 0-amd64: core-4. 0-noarch
Linux ghar-iqbala 2.6.38-10-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 28 15:07:17 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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LSB Version: core-2.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04
Codename: natty