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split -n K/N loses data, sum of output files is smaller than input file.

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Paul Hirst <contact <at> phirst.org>, 46048-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#46048: split -n K/N loses data, sum of output files is
 smaller than input file.
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 14:21:35 +0000

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On 24/01/2021 19:55, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 1/24/21 8:52 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
>> -      if (lseek (STDIN_FILENO, start, SEEK_CUR) < 0)
>> +      if (lseek (STDIN_FILENO, start, SEEK_SET) < 0)
> 
> Dumb question: will this handle the case where you're splitting from
> stdin and stdin is a seekable file and its initial file offset is nonzero?

Right. Following on the logic from input_file_size(),
I'm going with the attached, which I'll push later.
Marking this as done.

thanks,
Pádraig

[split-k_of_n.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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