On 12/11/17 21:52, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Why doesn't lseek work for this?
Good call, it probably would.
Something like the following is more acceptable
since it adds very little complexity:
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c
index 1c7418d..a10470b 100644
--- a/src/tail.c
+++ b/src/tail.c
@@
Why doesn't lseek work for this?
On 11/11/17 12:08, David Durham wrote:
> sudo tail -c 1024 /dev/sda2 | hd the entire /dev/sda2 device rather than
> seeking to the end. This takes a very long time with large disks. Deltik
> gives a nice explanation here -
>
