tail: fix TOCTOU race in follow retry logic#11711
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- Replace exists() check followed by metadata().unwrap() with a single if-let on metadata(). The file could be removed between the two calls, causing a panic with "No such file or directory" (seen intermittently in test_retry9).
* Replace exists() check followed by metadata().unwrap() with a single if-let on metadata(). The file could be removed between the two calls, causing a panic with "No such file or directory" (seen intermittently in test_retry9).
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