Hi, I'm using tail version "tail (coreutils) 5.2.1" and i can't use # tail +2 foo anymore. # tail -n+2 foo is ok. The "+n" Option seems to be a not documented feature of older tail version, but it seems to be used quite often in the "demoscene". People in the scene try to code a program with graphics and sound in 4KiB, that's why these 2 Bytes are important (and because the old "demos" won't work anymore :-( Most demos arn't open source so it's not legal to patch them to (to let them use -n+2 or so) and even if you are alowed to change the skriptes, they have to fit in 4KiB...
Is it possible, to add that old feature back to tail, so that it will be backward-compatible? greeting Robert Menzel [EMAIL PROTECTED] PS: If you want to know, what the scene and demos are, take a look at www.scene.org <- general information & lots of demos www.pouet.net <- general information & lots of demos http://ftp.kameli.net/pub/fit/yellow_rose/ <- a cool 4KiB demo for linux _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
