Jon Gale wrote:
Is there a better way to do this that won't necessitate scanning the entire
file just to remove the first x number of lines?

I imagine such an answer would be file system dependent. Theoretically, a file system could accomplish this, but I don't think ext3 can. Such a file system would need the ability to point *into* blocks rather than just pointing at the start of each block.

--Dave

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