From owner-freebsd-bugs Fri May 26 1:50: 7 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF0E037B60B for ; Fri, 26 May 2000 01:50:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id BAA04187; Fri, 26 May 2000 01:50:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail.surf1.de (mail.surf1.de [194.25.165.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A997F37BE5F for ; Fri, 26 May 2000 01:42:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from alex@cichlids.com) Received: from cichlids.com (p3E9C114C.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [62.156.17.76]) by mail.surf1.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA23400 for ; Fri, 26 May 2000 10:42:10 +0200 Received: from cichlids.cichlids.com (cichlids.cichlids.com [192.168.0.10]) by cichlids.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71903AC30 for ; Thu, 25 May 2000 20:48:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from alex@localhost) by cichlids.cichlids.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA13104; Thu, 25 May 2000 20:48:19 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from alex) Message-Id: <200005251848.UAA13104@cichlids.cichlids.com> Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 20:48:19 +0200 (CEST) From: alex@big.endian.de To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 Subject: bin/18827: add truncate(1) Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 18827 >Category: bin >Synopsis: add truncate(1) >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri May 26 01:50:01 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Alexander Langer >Release: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: local >Environment: >Description: John, did you never need to truncate a file in a shell-script? Yes, Cindy, very often. I also often wanted to create a file with a given size! John, that is awesome! Now we have Langer's truncate(1), which can do ALL THIS!!!! Now, here and only here, exclusively for the FreeBSD community!! YOU MUST HAVE THIS! YEAH, CINDY! GIMME! It's sooo cute! >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Order your copy today via http://big.endian.de/FreeBSD/truncate.tar.gz or by uudecoding the following crap: begin 644 truncate.tar.gz M'XL(`&%O+3D``^U8;5/;2!+.5^M7]))-81,A;#"ABBRY$K8`5=F23Y(AU&XJ M*TMCK(HLN209PM[RW_?ID?Q"R%ZJMI+;1X2$](VH=';;6OQ?4)#IJM0[V7QT='AQ@NM5LMI_1X3>T:4GSO/`S MHF=^+#[^.[DOS?^/4K'8_\5`"[ZZ#NSFJW;[3_?_L,U[7NU_^]4^I@^PY!DU MO[HEGZ'_\_W?V]E5:(P^BVXF!=6#!NTWFTW2X;"?A"*CGI_9%%HWD1I0EA)3K/`B$YHRCQLWL:I]DT M5^DN*B:49O([G1>,,DW#:!PA#X&ADI\)FHEL&A6%"&F6I;=1B$$Q\0M\".#$ M<7H7)3<4I$D8\:*<47C=5!3'/&YIGYB64SI>V!2D(221`G"G\&$KH_JC]):G MJH@P""A)BR@0*B2BG&+@,V3<] MB'FVRNH8Z.E*LL^H;SB="SSJIV;/]*ZE06>F9[&Z,S:0!KKCF9UA3W=H,'0& MMBO1V*VNZ79ZNMDWNAK!""@FX]*P/'(O]%YOW4W\/?+RU("%^FE/0DDU\+)K M.D;'8W=6HPYB!N-Z*KD#HV/RP'AKP!/=N58K6-?XYQ!"F&2TKM[7S^%;_0M1 MP89TAH[19WL1!W=XZGJF-_0,.K?MKLM0@'<-Y]+L&.YKZMFN#-C0-50H\72I M'BB(%J8Q/AVZIHR;:7F&XPP'GFE;#0:ZL*\0&!BK8W57QMBVI,^(D>U<,R[' M0VZ!2E<7!O@.AU1&3>=8N(A>QV.T-4EH13R]-6?),LY[YKEA=0R>M1GHRG2- M!G;,=%G`+#5?Z=?2QZ%TG_<*MI7#M=15Y8Z2>49Z]])DXRMAY(%K5CECGS&2 M.^Q<5-&O3D'MQ[-,B%.W^R,>]A3E>90$\1Q%YJ?\/M_#55-HDS?K;)%ES'G$ M2-+'K'&0%/%C5ARA*.:/>7D11ND35AR-/N5EJ`B/>?,$!SJ4IMVF44AK-,_] M&U%OO%:4*"F4*8ID'0.4V)M`I6""NW-G!P^W#>5?2BU.46MXNJ(\^DV\5FIK M'$GC\#/,=%8$$_!Q!8CW:U/\K-(.OF:?6<6SN2CHA)HPL78WB6)!];H$`_-& M%!C62VO93)6V)M/CK4:#?CBAW59#J=5RE#4(EVL:!#=J@8^K:WNR?8QQ;1D! MC,7'J*@WY;B4F98RT1A*V43HK%<>[#0(EO$#0T,YE)Z3_W\0Z5:QJCT3L*S8I6JN3$24')6HF6` M6O)YE`G_P\K^?TC[0S'VYW'Q>7=;4)VQ4EO(<<5]I=,109".;N M[M)/M%]&UL)4JMW#G52]U"*R65X@`^(\):B-"MQ\(D^V"X)%N#]Q5LM- M7+P&EX"JS.`&7&F6KD@9>41Y*PW+1BVM9EA?!\$MRIM;[F6.$R;^1%N5-..0 M.'XB66BTWW<<0_?@JOW>Z5XYJLR(1FF$7%$\_[T[> MX6,J(_M.!J+GB;/K63HF5S;-=R.8\JW3\6;<,,TG7(3)+&4P$X+(7LUKA,:F>-5?;_ST7^A(J$[1E.:E`T9BZE2 M!F"93Z%?^,2-6IH73Y?G4S^.T6XMUROE>EP:=Q':[9%8V01QE/'1/=UEZ/3P MJE6:MFS+\!8Q%_2;R%)-6=?SZ/:1T#`GD'<5[@$1R7Y/HI2!O?2)3ZR29A+C M)KH52355!9\T10;>,;RA8]&EWAL:4LB3GU"0TE/D\"$2.5A^^R>)>FM0"1>GK5FN-TU*4SEE//W=?GNQ>H<"A6BR;S5$>:K,LO=&F'][\?0_6 ?AC:TH0UM:$,;VM"&-K2A#6UH0_]%]`?+[1(*`"@``%$> ` end >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message