ftruncate
Truncates a file to a given length
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boolftruncate
resourcehandle
intsize
Takes the filepointer, handle, and truncates the file to
length, size.
&reftitle.parameters;
handle
The file pointer.
The handle must be open for writing.
size
The size to truncate to.
If size is larger than the file then the file
is extended with null bytes.
If size is smaller than the file then the file
is truncated to that size.
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&return.success;
&reftitle.changelog;
&Version;
&Description;
4.3.3
Prior to this release ftruncate returned an
integer value of 1 on success, instead of
boolean &true;.
&reftitle.examples;
File truncation example
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&reftitle.notes;
The file pointer is not changed.
&reftitle.seealso;
fopen
fseek