bug#46048: split -n K/N loses data, sum of output files is smaller than input file.

[Pádraig Brady]

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
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