Bug #39762 for File-Tail: File::Tail doesn't work on Windows with certain rotation scheme

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Hi, I have a Windows application which uses the following log file rotation scheme: - Rename Logger.log Logger_bak<n>.log, where <n> is a monotomically increasing integer - Create new Logger.log file - Continue logging to (now empty) Logger.log file. When I try to use File::Tail on this log file, the application stops logging, because the "rename" step gets a system error (file in use) -- Windows sees that the Perl script is holding an open connection to the file, and does not allow it to be renamed by another process. So, bottom line is, it doesn't always work on Windows. Regards, David Hansen