According to Peter Koch on 1/20/2010 3:40 AM: > The culprint is tail.exe > > 1. tail +N does not work anymore. Obsolete? How can i re-enable this?
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#Old-tail-plus-N-syntax-now-fails 'tail +2' is not portable. Use 'tail -n +2'. > 2. tail overwrites redirected files! > > $ echo "1" > a > $ echo "22" >> a > $ echo "333" >> a > $ cat a > 1 > 22 > 333 > echo "x" > x > $ tail -1 a >> x > $ cat x > 333 Works for me: $ cat a 1 22 333 $ echo 1 > x $ tail -1 a >> x $ cat x 1 333 I tested on both binary and text mounts. Are you sure you used '>>', not '>'? -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake e...@byu.net
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