From: "James F.Hranicky" <jfh@...>
Date: 2002-08-03T00:31:45+09:00
Subject: Re: A very basic tail -f implementation

On Sat, 3 Aug 2002 00:14:07 +0900
"Berger, Daniel" <djberge@qwest.com> wrote:

> Ok.  I had it in my head that no one would tail more than 4k anyway, though
> now that I think about it, it's obviously a possibility.

I do it all the time :-> 

> Now I'm wondering if there's a good way to dynamically compute a buffer size
> for such an operation with each 'grab', rather than a fixed buffer size.  Is
> that a dumb idea?  Am I getting into the "premature optimization" stage?

Actually, I was wondering that, too...some kind of percentage of the #
of lines requested? Not sure...

> You're a Gator?!  Go Seminoles!! ;-P

I grew up in Tallahasse -- go both! :->

Jim