On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 21:40:24 +1200 Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 20:52, you wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 08:22:13PM +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] chris $ ./truncate testfile 500001 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] chris $ ls -l testfile > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 chris users 500001 Jun 24 20:17 testfile > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] chris $ echo $? > > > 0 > > > > This is the expected behaviour. See the man page. > So it is, interesting interpretation of the English word 'truncate'. > agreed - enlarge if not big enough to chop some off of? very handy for short membered males i'd have thought ..... cheers peter
