Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 11:33:04 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: ftruncate
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On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, Pavlos wrote:

> It seems that ftruncate will work only if the file pointer is before the
> position that I'm going to truncate from.

Please post the source of a short test program that exhibits this
behavior, and the data (file sizes shown by some utility) to
demonstrate the problem.  I think `ftruncate' should work in this case
also.

FYI, `ftruncate' moves the file pointer before truncating the file, so
its initial position should be irrelevant.

> I do close the file after ftruncate.

This is not necessary, actually, contrary to what the docs says.