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From: pvr
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 1995 00:00

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Hi,
is there an easy way to read a file in reverse order (like tail -x does).
My problem is that I just need the file contents starting at a pattern
very near the end of a really long file (yes, it's an access_log :-)     
and I was wondering if it wouldn't be possible to begin at the end of the
file to speed up my prog.                                           
Regarding how quick "tail -1 access_log" is I can't believe this         
scans the whole file. So, is there a perl solution, too ?

If you have any reply, please send me an E-mail, cause our news server
deletes the files rather quick (at least quicker than I read them :-(.

Thanks.

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Subject: reverse file reading
Date: 1995/10/04
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