Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 15:45:28 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: James Howard <howardjp@glue.umd.edu> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: truncate(1) implementation details Message-ID: <30802.962631928@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 03 Jul 2000 09:42:03 -0400." <Pine.GSO.4.21.0007030940200.5251-100000@y.glue.umd.edu>
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On Mon, 03 Jul 2000 09:42:03 -0400, James Howard wrote: > Then the size should merely be the first argument. For instance, it isn't > > chmod -0666 foo > > But instead, > > chmod 0666 foo Um, that's exactly what I'm proposing: truncate -c -1024 nonexistant_file That means lop off 1024 bytes of the file, creating it if it doesn't exist. I used that as an example, but I see now that it was a bad one. The tool won't introduce the size with an option. It'll be a required argument. You agree that this is "normal"? Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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