From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 09:12:43 +0200
From: Bengt Kleberg bengt@softwell.se
Subject: [9fans] truncate syscall
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> From: jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com
> just out of curiosity, what are the practical uses of truncation

I use truncation (in a comm library for miniml Posix systems, ie AS400 too)
to make sure that a shared file (both sides have a file descriptor to it) only
contains the new data. The other side reads the whole file and knows that is all.


Best Wishes, Bengt
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