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Date:      Thu, 12 Apr 2001 15:01:09 -0700
From:      "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        "Ken Menzel" <kenm@icarz.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Tail of file larger than 2 gig fails (patch) 
Message-ID:  <200104122201.f3CM1Ad17532@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com>
In-Reply-To: <000901c0c399$13f7e680$711663cf@icarz.com> 
References:  <000901c0c399$13f7e680$711663cf@icarz.com>

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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.

Cheers,

Bruce.



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