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Diffstat (limited to 'inotail.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | inotail.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -198,12 +198,18 @@ static off_t lines_to_offset(struct file_struct *f, unsigned long n_lines) static off_t bytes_to_offset(struct file_struct *f, unsigned long n_bytes) { - /* tail everything for 'inotail -c +0' or if n_bytes greater than the - * total amount of chars in the file */ - if ((from_begin && n_bytes == 0) || ((off_t) n_bytes > f->st_size)) - return 0; - else - return (from_begin ? ((off_t) n_bytes - 1) : (f->st_size - (off_t) n_bytes)); + off_t offset = 0; + + /* tail everything for 'inotail -c +0' */ + if (from_begin) { + if (n_bytes > 0) + offset = (off_t) n_bytes - 1; + } else { + if ((off_t) n_bytes < f->st_size) + offset = f->st_size - (off_t) n_bytes; + } + + return offset; } static ssize_t tail_pipe(struct file_struct *f) |