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in reply to Re: print log file
in thread print log file

hmm first: seek is byte oriented not line oriented. As far as i understood it he needs one line at a time. This isnt much of a problem when you have a file with fixed length lines but since we are talking about a logfile this is doubtful (although possible). So while seek is probably the fastest way to move around a file i'm afraid you cant use it here.

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