Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 16:37:32 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: truncate(1) implementation details Message-ID: <32476.962635052@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 03 Jul 2000 14:37:16 %2B0100." <20000703143716.V48373@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
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On Mon, 03 Jul 2000 14:37:16 +0100, Ben Smithurst wrote:
> I agree with alex that it should create files iff -c (or something)
> is given on the command line, and the default should be NOT to create
> anything.
Cool. That seems to be agreed all around.
So we've got:
truncate [-cv] [+|-]size file [...]
-c Create files as necessary
-v Warn about attempts to truncate below zero bytes
where + and - turn the size argument into a delta to be applied, rather
than an absolute size.
Any objections to this interface?
Ciao,
Sheldon.
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