Package: coreutils Version: 5.97-5.3 Severity: wishlist If I have a file that is 2G in size but wish to discard the last 1G of data then there seems to be no program available to do this.
I think it would be ideal to have a program as part of coreutils that allows you to resize a file. If the new length is longer than the old length then it would either write zeros to the end or extend the file (with a hole) via the truncate() system call according to the wish of the user. If the new length is shorter then it would just call truncate(). I would be happy to contribute the code for this. This will require some discussion with upstream, but it seemed best to start the discussion here. -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-5-686 Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) Versions of packages coreutils depends on: ii libacl1 2.2.41-1 Access control list shared library ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libselinux1 2.0.15-2.etch1 SELinux shared libraries coreutils recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
