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From: decot@hpisod2.HP.COM (Dave Decot)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: ftruncate(2) for System V.3.2 needed
Message-ID: <14020065@hpisod2.HP.COM>
Date: 10 Jul 89 06:56:10 GMT
References: <1132@ssp15.idca.tds.philips.nl>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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>  >I need the ftruncate(2) function from BSD4.3 UNIX on System V.3.2.
>  >For non-BSD-manual-owners, here's the description of ftruncate(2)...
> 
> I can see that this one is going to make it into the "frequently asked
> question" section...
...
> 
> 		if (fcntl(fd, F_FREESP, &fl) < 0)
> 			return(-1);

F_FREESP is not in SVID Issue 2, so unless this feature is in AT&T's V.3.2,
and this person has AT&T's version, this isn't going to help this person.

Dave