Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!mailrus!uflorida!haven!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!webber From: webber@athos.rutgers.edu (Bob Webber) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: It is better to remain silent... Message-ID: Date: 9 Jan 89 00:59:30 GMT References: <308@twwells.uucp> Followup-To: comp.unix.wizards Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 19 In article <308@twwells.uucp>, bill@twwells.uucp (T. William Wells) writes: > It is better to remain silent ... The issue of whether or not ftruncate can be written in v7 and/or POSIX has been redirected to comp.unix.wizards, as this seems more os oriented than lang oriented (although, as usual, with C the difference is vague). [ftruncate shrinks a file down to a size specified in its parameters. this is different from opening the file O_TRUNC and then writing a copy into it when working in a full file system.] The other technical points have been addressed in a followup in comp.sources.d as they seem to rest on a lack of understanding of the intent of the code and it is probably worthwhile clarifying for others. The non-technical points seem to address themselves. ---- BOB (webber@athos.rutgers.edu ; rutgers!athos.rutgers.edu!webber)