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  1- Usage  2- Assembly  3- Notes                                             


   TAILZ will quickly display the last few lines of any ASCII text file.  This
is often more efficient than scanning the  entire file with  conventional file
display programs.  File exclusion table; directory security; chains to Z error
handler on most errors if Z System present.  Compatible with all CP/M systems.

   An adaptation of Leor Zolman's TAIL.C (03/83).
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 Usage 

   Works under CP/M and Z System.
   Displays last 10 lines by default like its Unix cousin.
   Allows Z System "//" help syntax.
   Now compatible with secure Z Systems:
	- Tests for illegal file types (.COM, etc).
	- Aborts on illegal directories or if NonWheel tries to view a $SYStem
	     file.
   Gives invocation name in help and error messages (ZCPR only).
   Chains to Z System error  handler  (if present) on  no  file,  bad  numeric
        value, bad directory, and AFN errors.  If Z not present displays error
        messages instead.  Just exits (like Unix cousin) on empty file.
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 Assembly 

   TAILZ is compiled with BDS Z, linked with Z3FUNC.CRL from Cameron Cotrill's
CFORZxx.LBR.

   Link with -n option to avoid warmboot on exit.

   Compile and link with -e2000 for faster execution/smaller size.
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 TAILZ Notes 

   a. To display the tail of a file whose name begins  with "-" you must use a
      directory spec, e.g., "TAILZ A:-MYFILE".
