truncate(1): Add EXAMPLES section

Add four simple examples showing the use of -c, -r and -s

Approved by:	manpages (bcr@)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D25774
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Fernando Apesteguía 2020-07-27 15:25:04 +00:00
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@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd December 19, 2006
.Dd July 27, 2020
.Dt TRUNCATE 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -143,6 +143,43 @@ If the operation fails for an argument,
.Nm
will issue a diagnostic
and continue processing the remaining arguments.
.Sh EXAMPLES
Adjust the size of the file
.Pa test_file
to 10 Megabytes but do not create it if it does not exist:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
truncate -c -s +10M test_file
.Ed
.Pp
Same as above but create the file if it does not exist:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
truncate -s +10M test_file
ls -l test_file
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 10485760 Jul 22 18:48 test_file
.Ed
.Pp
Adjust the size of
.Pa test_file
to the size of the kernel and create another file
.Pa test_file2
with the same size:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
truncate -r /boot/kernel/kernel test_file test_file2
ls -l /boot/kernel/kernel test_file*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 31352552 May 15 14:18 /boot/kernel/kernel*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 31352552 Jul 22 19:15 test_file
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 31352552 Jul 22 19:15 test_file2
.Ed
.Pp
Downsize
.Pa test_file
in 5 Megabytes:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
# truncate -s -5M test_file
ls -l test_file*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 26109672 Jul 22 19:17 test_file
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 31352552 Jul 22 19:15 test_file2
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr dd 1 ,
.Xr touch 1 ,