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Random man page:  ftruncate(2) -- truncate a file to a specified length
The ftruncate() function causes the regular file referenced by fildes to have a size of length bytes. The truncate() function causes the regular file named by path to have a size of length bytes. The effect of ftruncate() and truncate() on other types of files is unspecified. If the file previously was larger than length, the extra data is lost. If it was previously shorter than length, bytes betw...
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To save disk space in your home directory, compress files you rarely
use with "gzip  filename".
		-- Dru
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