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| -rw-r--r-- | inotail.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ static off_t lines_to_offset_from_begin(struct file_struct *f, unsigned int n_li memset(&buf, 0, sizeof(buf)); while (offset <= f->st_size && n_lines > 0) { - int i, rc; - int block_size = BUFFER_SIZE; + int i; + ssize_t rc, block_size = BUFFER_SIZE; lseek(f->fd, offset, SEEK_SET); @@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ static off_t lines_to_offset_from_begin(struct file_struct *f, unsigned int n_li if (rc < 0) { fprintf(stderr, "Error: Could not read from file '%s' (%s)\n", f->name, strerror(errno)); return -1; - } + } else if (rc < block_size) + block_size = rc; for (i = 0; i < block_size; i++) { if (buf[i] == '\n') { |