Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!iuvax!purdue!haven!mimsy!chris From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Set file size in SYSV Keywords: How Message-ID: <19072@mimsy.UUCP> Date: 14 Aug 89 18:29:14 GMT References: <708@msa3b.UUCP> <18lG02Em4aQn01@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 14 In article <18lG02Em4aQn01@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> kucharsk@uts.amdahl.com (William Kucharski) writes: >int >ftruncate(fd, length) [much deleted] > if (filebuf.st_size < length) { > /* extend file length */ The 4BSD ftruncate() call will not extend files. (If it did, it would probably have been called `fsetsize'; and a function like this one should probably be so called.) -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7163) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris