# Copyright (c) 2007, 2009, 2011 Samuel G. D. Williams. <http://www.oriontransfer.co.nz>
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class File
	# Seek to the end of the file
	def seek_end
		seek(0, IO::SEEK_END)
	end

	# Read a chunk of data and then move the file pointer backwards.
	#
	# Calling this function multiple times will return new data and traverse the file backwards.
	#
	def read_reverse(length)
		offset = tell

		if offset == 0
			return nil
		end

		start = [0, offset-length].max

		seek(start, IO::SEEK_SET)

		buf = read(offset-start)

		seek(start, IO::SEEK_SET)

		return buf
	end

	REVERSE_BUFFER_SIZE = 128

	# This function is very similar to gets but it works in reverse.
	#
	# You can use it to efficiently read a file line by line backwards.
	# 
	# It returns nil when there are no more lines.
	def reverse_gets(sep_string=$/)
		end_pos = tell

		offset = nil
		buf = ""

		while offset == nil
			chunk = read_reverse(REVERSE_BUFFER_SIZE)
			return (buf == "" ? nil : buf) if chunk == nil

			buf = chunk + buf

			offset = buf.rindex(sep_string)
		end

		line = buf[offset...buf.size].sub(sep_string, "")

		seek((end_pos - buf.size) + offset, IO::SEEK_SET)

		return line
	end

	# Similar to each_line but works in reverse. Don't forget to call
	# seek_end before you start!
	def reverse_each_line(sep_string=$/, &block)
		line = reverse_gets(sep_string)

		while line != nil
			yield line

			line = reverse_gets(sep_string)
		end
	end
end