[link|http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22tail+-f%22++tru64+pipe&hl=en&rnum=1&selm=fa.s72g4ov.19lubof%40ifi.uio.no|This article (care of Google Groups) explains it.]
Anyway, once I pumped enough pretend data in my somefile, it eventually spewed out a bunch of output. Which is exactly not how I wanted to do it. Oh well, I didn't *really* need this to work anyway.
Tru64 is not my friend.
(Edit: made the URL a proper link)