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| -rw-r--r-- | src/head.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/head.c b/src/head.c index 00e1be17c..5411a3c0e 100644 --- a/src/head.c +++ b/src/head.c @@ -739,18 +739,17 @@ elide_tail_lines_file (const char *filename, int fd, uintmax_t n_elide) off_t start_pos = lseek (fd, 0, SEEK_CUR); off_t end_pos = lseek (fd, 0, SEEK_END); - if (0 <= start_pos && start_pos < end_pos) + if (0 <= start_pos && 0 <= end_pos) { - /* If the file is empty, we're done. */ - if (end_pos == 0) + /* If no data to read we're done. */ + if (start_pos >= end_pos) return true; return elide_tail_lines_seekable (filename, fd, n_elide, start_pos, end_pos); } - /* lseek failed or the end offset precedes start. - Fall through. */ + /* lseek failed, Fall through... */ } return elide_tail_lines_pipe (filename, fd, n_elide); |