Re: Reading a file from the back

From	Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Reading a file from the back
Date	2020-04-14 16:50 +0000
Organization	Some absurd concept
Message-ID	<eli$2004141245@qaz.wtf> (permalink)
References	<r6hq2v$5bd$2@dont-email.me> <slrnr987vp.kqh.whynot@orphan.zombinet> <eli$2004131559@qaz.wtf> <slrnr9avn5.v59.whynot@orphan.zombinet>

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In comp.os.linux.misc, Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> wrote
(in a back and forth with me)
>>>> Need I go on?
>>> Yes, please continue.
>> Detecting a read of a sparse file, one can just print blocks of nulls
> It looks like homework or looking-for-a-nail now.

Bingo. See upthread in <eli$2004101637@qaz.wtf> where I wrote:

    I'm not aware of a standard tool that does 100% reverse byte order.
    I've seen it as a programming challenge.

When you answer a question like that as part of a job interview,
describing all the possible "future" improvements that could be made
after your sixty minute (or whatever) effort is a good way to show
understanding of the systems.

Elijah
------
has done a lot of interviews and is always happy to accept a job and stop

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  Re: Reading a file from the back Fenris <fenris@invalid.invalid> - 2020-04-07 12:12 +0000
  Re: Reading a file from the back Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2020-04-07 15:18 +0000
    Re: Reading a file from the back Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2020-04-10 19:21 +0000
      Re: Reading a file from the back Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2020-04-10 20:37 +0000
        Re: Reading a file from the back Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> - 2020-04-11 15:22 +0300
          Re: Reading a file from the back Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2020-04-13 01:03 +0000
            Re: Reading a file from the back Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> - 2020-04-13 11:16 +0300
              Re: Reading a file from the back Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2020-04-13 20:01 +0000
                Re: Reading a file from the back Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> - 2020-04-14 12:14 +0300
                Re: Reading a file from the back Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2020-04-14 16:50 +0000
      Re: Reading a file from the back Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2020-04-10 21:40 +0000
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