(tail_bytes) [from_start]: For regular files, seek
relative to the initial input file pointer position, not
necessarily from the beginning of the file.
[!from_start]: Don't back up past the initial position of the
input file pointer.
(tail_lines): Call file_lines only if FD refers to a regular file
with its file pointer positioned at beginning of file. Otherwise,
call pipe_lines. This is a kludge. Once there's a decent test
suite, fix this properly.
Before, (echo 1; echo 2) > k; sh -c 'read x; tail' < k
would output both lines of the input file even though the first had
already been read. Reported by John Roll (john@panic.harvard.edu).