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On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 10:22:41AM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote:
> Paul Schenkeveld wrote:
> > $ truncate -s <original_size> <file>
> 
> Bah!  Why use a utility, when you can write a program?

Cause I find it hard to choose between C, Cobol and PL/1 when
I decide to write such a program :-)

> -- Terry

-- Paul Schenkeveld