Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 10:16:24 -0400 From: "Ken Menzel" <kenm@icarz.com> To: "David Malone" <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>, "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: (PR14786)Tail of file larger than 2 gig fails (patch) Message-ID: <026a01c0cbff$fac3aa40$711663cf@icarz.com> References: <000901c0c399$13f7e680$711663cf@icarz.com> <200104122201.f3CM1Ad17532@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com> <20010415150805.A82282@walton.maths.tcd.ie>
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Can someone please MFC this now?! Thanks! Ken ----------------------------------------------------- Ken Menzel ICQ# 9325188 www.icarz.com kenm@icarz.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Malone" <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "Ken Menzel" <kenm@icarz.com>; <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 10:08 AM Subject: Re: Tail of file larger than 2 gig fails (patch) > 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. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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