• XP1 (4/4) Jun 11 2011 How do I truncate a file, delete bytes, or set the end of file from a
• XP1 (2/6) Jun 15 2011 Anyone?
• Steven Schveighoffer (7/15) Jun 15 2011 If you are on linux, ftruncate(int fd, size_t size);

XP1 <nospam nospam.com> writes:

How do I truncate a file, delete bytes, or set the end of file from a  
stream?

For example, what would be the easiest way to delete the last 4 bytes from  
a file?

XP1 <nospam nospam.com> writes:

On Sun, 12 Jun 2011 02:47:01 -0400, XP1 <nospam nospam.com> wrote:

 How do I truncate a file, delete bytes, or set the end of file from a  
 stream?

 For example, what would be the easiest way to delete the last 4 bytes  
 from a file?

Anyone?

"Steven Schveighoffer" <schveiguy yahoo.com> writes:

On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:30:25 -0400, XP1 <nospam nospam.com> wrote:

 On Sun, 12 Jun 2011 02:47:01 -0400, XP1 <nospam nospam.com> wrote:

 How do I truncate a file, delete bytes, or set the end of file from a  
 stream?

 For example, what would be the easiest way to delete the last 4 bytes  
 from a file?

 Anyone?

If you are on linux, ftruncate(int fd, size_t size);

http://linux.die.net/man/2/truncate

If you are on Windows, _chsize(int handle, int size);



Don't know about MacOS or BSD, they probably follow the linux function.

-Steve