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Date:      Sun, 15 Apr 2001 15:08:05 +0100
From:      David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>
To:        "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        Ken Menzel <kenm@icarz.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Tail of file larger than 2 gig fails (patch)
Message-ID:  <20010415150805.A82282@walton.maths.tcd.ie>
In-Reply-To: <200104122201.f3CM1Ad17532@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com>; from bmah@FreeBSD.ORG on Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 03:01:09PM -0700
References:  <000901c0c399$13f7e680$711663cf@icarz.com> <200104122201.f3CM1Ad17532@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com>

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On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 03:01:09PM -0700, Bruce A. Mah wrote:
> If memory serves me right, "Ken Menzel" wrote:
> > I had a problem today with a very large log file (3.6 gig) I wanted to
> > see the last few lines but 'tail' wanted to show me the last gig or
> > so.  Anyway I made it work,  I don't know if this is the right list,
> > because I have never submitted a patch before.  Could someone
> > committer either advise me where to send this patch or take a look at
> > it and commit it if it looks OK?
> 
> FYI:  tail(1) in 5-CURRENT was modified to handle large files a few
> weeks ago, in response to PR bin/14786.  These changes haven't been
> MFC-ed yet.  Maybe you should drop a note to dwmalone.

The changes were quite large and though I gave them a good testing
I think it may be too late to merge the changes in for 4.3. I'll
get Jordan's take on it though.

	David.

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