-2001-11-13 Jim Meyering <meyering@lucent.com>
+2001-11-14 Jim Meyering <meyering@lucent.com>
* Version 2.0.17.
+ * src/tail.c (file_lines): Add a parameter, start_pos.
+ Work properly even when the read pointer is not at beginning of file.
+ (tail_lines): Call file_lines for any regular file, as long as lseek
+ can be used to seek to its end, not just when the initial read pointer
+ is at beginning of file.
+
+2001-11-13 Jim Meyering <meyering@lucent.com>
+
+ * src/tail.c (tail_lines): Move declaration of local `length'
+ into scope where it's used.
+ (tail_file): Likewise for local `stats'.
+
* tests/tail-2/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add proc-ksyms and start-middle.
* tests/tail-2/start-middle: New test, for the bug fixed on 1995-07-24.