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.\" It may be used by anyone in any way for any purpose, though I would
.\" appreciate credit where it's due.
.\"		der Mouse, mouse@rodents.montreal.qc.ca, 1999-10-13
.Dd June 19, 2004
.Dt TRUNC 1
.Os NetBSD 1.4
.Sh NAME
.Nm trunc
.Nd file truncater
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Ar pathname
.Ar length
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a small command-line interface to
.Xr truncate 2 .
.Pp
The
.Ar pathname
and
.Ar length
arguments are passed fairly directly to
.Xr truncate 2 ,
truncating the file to the size.  (On many systems, this can also be
used to enlarge a file; whether this works is up to
.Xr truncate 2 . )
.Pp
If the syscall fails, a message is printed on stderr and the exit code
is 1; otherwise, nothing is printed and the exit code is 0.  If the
command line is invalid (eg, argument count wrong), a message is
printed and the exit code is 2.
.Sh AUTHOR
der Mouse,
.Aq mouse@rodents.montreal.qc.ca .