On Thu, Apr 20, 2000 at 06:36:01PM +0200, PER4MANCE, J. Dolecek wrote:

 > Good pointer. SUSv2 says ftruncate() sets the size of file
 > to specified length, ie. shortens or lengthens the file size
 > as needed.

Actually, to quote:

	If the file previously was shorter than `length', the extra
	data is discarded.  If it was previously shorter than `length',
	it is unspecified whether the file is changed or its size
	increased.

So, technically, either behavior is correct.  However, I'm inclined to
make the behavior follow Solaris, consistently.

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>