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the HISTORY section to reflect the first release of FreeBSD in which this utility will appear.
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3.7 KiB
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155 lines
3.7 KiB
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.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd Jul 4, 2000
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.Dt TRUNCATE 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm truncate
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.Nd truncate or extend the length of files
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm truncate
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.Op Fl c
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.Bk -words
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.Fl s Xo
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.Sm off
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.Op + | -
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.Ar size
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.Op K | M | G
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.Sm on
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.Xc
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.Ek
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.Ar
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.Nm truncate
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.Op Fl c
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.Bk -words
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.Fl r Ar rfile
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.Ek
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.Ar
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility adjusts the length of each regular file given on the command-line.
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.Pp
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The following options are available:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl c
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Do not create files if they do not exist.
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The
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.Nm
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utility does not treat this as an error.
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No error messages are displayed
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and the exit value is not affected.
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.It Fl r Ar rfile
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Truncate files to the length of the file
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.Ar rfile .
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.It Fl s Xo
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.Sm off
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.Op + | -
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.Ar size
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.Op K | M | G
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.Sm on
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.Xc
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If the
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.Ar size
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argument is preceded by a plus sign
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.Pq Sq + ,
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files will be extended by this number of bytes.
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If the
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.Ar size
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argument is preceded by a dash
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.Pq Sq - ,
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file lengths will be reduced by no more than this number of bytes,
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to a minimum length of zero bytes.
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Otherwise, the
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.Ar size
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argument specifies an absolute length to which all files
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should be extended or reduced as appropriate.
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.Pp
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The
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.Ar size
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argument may be suffixed with one of
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.Sq K ,
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.Sq M ,
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.Sq G
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to indicate a multiple of
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Kilobytes, Megabytes or Gigabytes
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respectively.
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.El
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.Pp
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Exactly one of the
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.Fl r
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and
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.Fl s
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options must be specified.
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.Pp
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If a file is made smaller, its extra data is lost.
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If a file is made larger,
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it will be extended as if by writing bytes with the value zero.
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If the file does not exist,
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it is created unless the
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.Fl c
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option is specified.
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.Pp
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Note that,
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while truncating a file causes space on disk to be freed,
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extending a file does not cause space to be allocated.
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To extend a file and actually allocate the space,
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it is necessary to explicitly write data to it,
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using (for example) the shell's
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.Ql >>
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redirection syntax, or
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.Xr dd 1 .
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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The
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.Nm
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utility exits 0 on success,
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and >0 if an error occurs.
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If the operation fails for an argument,
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.Nm
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will issue a diagnostic
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and continue processing the remaining arguments.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr dd 1 ,
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.Xr touch 1 ,
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.Xr truncate 2
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Nm
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utility conforms to no known standards.
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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utility first appeared in
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.Fx 4.2 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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The
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.Nm
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utility and this manual page were written by
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.An Sheldon Hearn
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.Aq sheldonh@uunet.co.za .
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