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fd = open(name, O_WRONLY);
lseek(fd, size_in_bytes, SEEK_SET)
close(fd)
--Ugen

Rus Foster wrote:

>On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, Peter Elsner wrote:
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>>touch filename ???
>>
>>Peter
>>    
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>Hi,
>Not quite as I want to allocate space rather than just the file. Thanks
>anyway
>
>Rgds
>
>Rus
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>