/* * Copyright (c) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 * The President and Fellows of Harvard College. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions * are met: * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors * may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software * without specific prior written permission. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE UNIVERSITY AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE UNIVERSITY OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF * SUCH DAMAGE. */ /* * tail.c * * Outputs a file beginning at a specific location. * Usage: tail * * This may be useful for testing during the file system assignment. */ #include #include #include #define BUFSIZE 1000 /* Put buffer in data space. We know that the program should allocate as */ /* much data space as required, but stack space is tight. */ char buffer[BUFSIZE]; static void tail(int file, off_t where, const char *filename) { int len; if (lseek(file, where, SEEK_SET)<0) { err(1, "%s", filename); } while ((len = read(file, buffer, sizeof(buffer))) > 0) { write(STDOUT_FILENO, buffer, len); } } int main(int argc, char **argv) { int file; if (argc < 3) { errx(1, "Usage: tail "); } file = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY); if (file < 0) { err(1, "%s", argv[1]); } tail(file, atoi(argv[2]), argv[1]); close(file); return 0; }