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Date:      Thu, 25 May 2000 20:48:19 +0200 (CEST)
From:      alex@big.endian.de
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   bin/18827: add truncate(1)
Message-ID:  <200005251848.UAA13104@cichlids.cichlids.com>

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>Number:         18827
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       add truncate(1)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri May 26 01:50:01 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Alexander Langer
>Release:        FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
local
>Environment:

>Description:

John, did you never need to truncate a file in a shell-script?

Yes, Cindy, very often. I also often wanted to create a file with a given
size!

John, that is awesome! Now we have Langer's truncate(1), which can do
ALL THIS!!!! 
Now, here and only here, exclusively for the FreeBSD community!!
YOU MUST HAVE THIS!

YEAH, CINDY! GIMME! It's sooo cute!

>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:

Order your copy today via http://big.endian.de/FreeBSD/truncate.tar.gz

or by uudecoding the following crap:

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