Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site necis.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!wanginst!vaxine!encore!necis!geo From: geo@necis.UUCP (George Aguiar ext. 224) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: ftruncate on SYS V ??? Message-ID: <199@necis.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Jan-86 15:39:31 EST Article-I.D.: necis.199 Posted: Thu Jan 9 15:39:31 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Jan-86 03:54:10 EST Distribution: net Organization: NEC Information Systems, Acton, Ma. Lines: 8 Is it possible to truncate a file knowing only the file descriptor??? I am porting dmail to SYSTEM V on a 68000 machine and this one has me stumped. dmail uses the ftruncate(2) system call which is not included with SYS V. Please e-mail. thanks, necis!geo