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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c
index 1e551c5c9..7d8378707 100644
--- a/src/tail.c
+++ b/src/tail.c
@@ -1138,13 +1138,13 @@ tail_bytes (const char *pretty_filename, int fd, uintmax_t n_bytes,
more bytes than have been requested. So reposition the
file pointer to the incoming current position and print
everything after that. */
- xlseek (fd, current_pos, SEEK_SET, pretty_filename);
+ *read_pos = xlseek (fd, current_pos, SEEK_SET, pretty_filename);
}
else
{
/* There are more bytes remaining than were requested.
Back up. */
- xlseek (fd, -nb, SEEK_END, pretty_filename);
+ *read_pos = xlseek (fd, -nb, SEEK_END, pretty_filename);
}
*read_pos += dump_remainder (pretty_filename, fd, n_bytes);
}
@@ -1194,12 +1194,15 @@ tail_lines (const char *pretty_filename, int fd, uintmax_t n_lines,
&& (start_pos = lseek (fd, (off_t) 0, SEEK_CUR)) != -1
&& start_pos < (end_pos = lseek (fd, (off_t) 0, SEEK_END)))
{
+ *read_pos = end_pos;
if (end_pos != 0 && file_lines (pretty_filename, fd, n_lines,
start_pos, end_pos, read_pos))
return 1;
}
else
- return pipe_lines (pretty_filename, fd, n_lines, read_pos);
+ {
+ return pipe_lines (pretty_filename, fd, n_lines, read_pos);
+ }
}
return 0;
}