Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 14:10:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Johan Karlsson <k@numeri.campus.luth.se> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: bin/21789: no mkfile command Message-ID: <200010092110.OAA38150@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/21789; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Johan Karlsson <k@numeri.campus.luth.se>
To: Jim Pirzyk <Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: bin/21789: no mkfile command
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 23:01:19 +0200
At Mon, 09 Oct 2000 08:30:05 PDT, Jim Pirzyk wrote:
>
> The command not only creates a file, but also creates it with a certain
> size > 0. I have included the SunOS man page to see how it is used.
>
> - JimP
>
This functionality is provided by the truncate(1) command.
Okey I know it is not exatly the same but I think its close enough.
/Johan K
truncate(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual truncate(1)
NAME
truncate - truncate or extend a file to a specified length
SYNOPSIS
truncate [-h] [-m mode] size file ...
DESCRIPTION
The command truncate causes the file file to be truncated or extended to
length bytes in size. If the file was larger than this size, the extra
data is lost. If the file was smaller than this size, it will be extended
as if by writing bytes with the value zero. If the file doesn't exist,
it is created, either with mode 0644 or the given mode mode.
RETURN VALUES
truncate returns 0 on success, an error value as specified in errno(7)
otherwise.
SEE ALSO
truncate(2)
AUTHOR
truncate has been written by Alexander Langer. This manpage is based on
the truncate(2) manual page.
BSD May 25, 2000 1
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