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    <p>I was hoping to use Cygwin to "tail -f" an apache log file on one of my Windows machines. So in my cygwin terminal, I cd over to the log directory, and I get:</p> <pre><code>ccurvey@MINNIE1 /cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/logs $ ls -l total 21 -rwx------+ 1 ccurvey Domain Users 6004 Feb 25 2012 access.log -rwx------+ 1 ccurvey Domain Users 39519 Feb 25 2012 error.log -rwx------+ 1 Administrators Domain Users 6 Jul 17 23:48 httpd.pid -rwx------+ 1 SYSTEM SYSTEM 6104 Feb 25 2012 install.log -rwx------+ 1 ???????? Domain Users 0 Feb 24 2012 minnie.log </code></pre> <p>But if I look at the same directory in a DOS command window, I see:</p> <pre><code>c:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\logs&gt;dir Volume in drive C is Minnie OS Volume Serial Number is 9C28-B005 Directory of c:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\logs 07/17/2013 11:48 PM &lt;DIR&gt; . 07/17/2013 11:48 PM &lt;DIR&gt; .. 07/17/2013 11:48 PM 10,514,794 access.log 07/17/2013 11:48 PM 2,458,745 error.log 07/17/2013 11:48 PM 6 httpd.pid 02/25/2012 01:04 PM 6,104 install.log 02/24/2012 10:56 AM 0 minnie.log 5 File(s) 12,979,649 bytes 2 Dir(s) 1,897,603,072 bytes free </code></pre> <p>So why is my DOS window showing me that access.log was last modified on 7/17/13, and my cygwin terminal tells me the same file was last modified on 2/25/12? (I did look, and the contents of the files are different! You can see the file size differences right on the listings.)</p> <p>======</p> <p>UPDATE: I ended up uninstalling my existing version of cygwin and installing a brand-new copy, and everything is working now.</p>
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    1. COJust tested, couldn't reproduce -- I think the question is invalid/too localized. Can you please test this manually? Open a file in Notepad and `tail -f` that file in cygwin and modify the file in Notepad, saving often, and update results.
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