Starting mtail with --vmodule=tail=2 add the following output to the log:
I1126 09:29:55.936588 9962 tail.go:146] AddPattern: /var/log/pipe
I1126 09:29:55.936798 9962 tail.go:162] glob matches: [/var/log/pipe]
I1126 09:29:55.936832 9962 tail.go:244] openlogPath /var/log/pipe false false
I1126 09:29:55.936972 9962 tail.go:262] Adding a file watch on
"/var/log/pipe"
I1126 09:29:56.089055 9962 tail.go:328] Event type
watcher.Event{Op:1, Pathname:"/var/log/pipe"}
I1126 09:29:56.089113 9962 tail.go:200] handleLogUpdate /var/log/pipe
mtail is not started, it hangs there.
Raoul