tail

OS/161 Reference Manual

Name

tail - print part of a file

Synopsis

/testbin/tail file location

Description

tail prints the contents of a file starting at offset location within it, skipping the beginning.

It is somewhat similar in concept to the Unix tail command, but is not compatible, which is why it lives in testbin.

Requirements

tail uses the following system calls: tail should work once the basic system calls are complete, but will probably be most useful as a debugging tool while working on the file system assignment.