[f]truncate

David Luyer (luyer@ucs.uwa.edu.au)
Tue, 20 Apr 1999 04:17:27 +0800

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According to both Digital Unix and Solaris, the correct [XPG4] argument
to [f]truncate is an off_t, and the correct return code is EINVAL if it
is less than zero. The Linux documentation I have all give it as a
size_t but I guess that's just wrong, unless someone wants to directly
quote a standard saying it should be (when Digital Unix and Solaris
agree on the standards, typically that means they're right, or the
standards have changed since the releases I have installed).

(sometime I'll learn to stop looking at Linux manpages...they've led
me astray so many times.)

David.

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