Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 09:48:48 -0400 (EDT) From: James Howard <howardjp@glue.umd.edu> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: truncate(1) implementation details Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0007030948290.5710-100000@y.glue.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <30802.962631928@axl.ops.uunet.co.za>
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On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > 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"? Okay, yes. I misread it previously. Jamie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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