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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1992-10-31 20:42:48 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1992-10-31 20:42:48 +0000
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+/* ftruncate emulations that work on some System V's.
+ This file is in the public domain. */
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+#ifdef F_CHSIZE
+int
+ftruncate (fd, length)
+ int fd;
+ off_t length;
+{
+ return fcntl (fd, F_CHSIZE, length);
+}
+#else
+#ifdef F_FREESP
+/* The following function was written by
+ kucharsk@Solbourne.com (William Kucharski) */
+
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+int
+ftruncate (fd, length)
+ int fd;
+ off_t length;
+{
+ struct flock fl;
+ struct stat filebuf;
+
+ if (fstat (fd, &filebuf) < 0)
+ return -1;
+
+ if (filebuf.st_size < length)
+ {
+ /* Extend file length. */
+ if (lseek (fd, (length - 1), SEEK_SET) < 0)
+ return -1;
+
+ /* Write a "0" byte. */
+ if (write (fd, "", 1) != 1)
+ return -1;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ /* Truncate length. */
+ fl.l_whence = 0;
+ fl.l_len = 0;
+ fl.l_start = length;
+ fl.l_type = F_WRLCK; /* Write lock on file space. */
+
+ /* This relies on the UNDOCUMENTED F_FREESP argument to
+ fcntl, which truncates the file so that it ends at the
+ position indicated by fl.l_start.
+ Will minor miracles never cease? */
+ if (fcntl (fd, F_FREESP, &fl) < 0)
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+#else
+int
+ftruncate (fd, length)
+ int fd;
+ off_t length;
+{
+ return chsize (fd, length);
+}
+#endif
+#endif