From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30932 invoked by alias); 22 May 2004 01:34:09 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 30894 invoked from network); 22 May 2004 01:34:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ns2.prospeed.net) (12.46.111.132) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 22 May 2004 01:34:08 -0000 Received: from enterprise-e.cygwin.com (lhall.prospeed.net [12.46.110.44] (may be forged)) by ns2.prospeed.net (8.12.10/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i4M1Y75a019161; Fri, 21 May 2004 21:34:07 -0400 Reply-To: Cygwin List Message-Id: <6.1.0.6.0.20040521211837.031fcda8@pop.theworld.com> X-Sender: Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 19:09:00 -0000 To: cygwin@cygwin.com, "Bill C. Riemers" From: Larry Hall Subject: Re: ftruncate64() question? In-Reply-To: References: <6.1.0.6.0.20040521150946.03262f68@pop.theworld.com> <20040521192359.GA6832@coe.bosbc.com> <20040521203759.GB7790@coe.bosbc.com> <00ba01c43f74$50560f30$64fda287@docbill002> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-SW-Source: 2004-05/txt/msg00760.txt.bz2 At 05:06 PM 5/21/2004, you wrote: >On Fri, 21 May 2004, Bill C. Riemers wrote: > >> I am trying to write a program using cygwin that truncates files larger >> than 4GB to a specific size as part of its functionality. However, I >> cannot find a ftruncate64() in the cygwin libraries. Are there other >> alternatives available? > >What's wrong with ftruncate? > >How was the quoted text relevant? > AFAICS, it isn't. Looks like Bill decided to do the ol' "reply and edit to your liking" trick that associates two, disparate threads in the email archives into one. It's too bad too. Now he's ruined a perfectly good thread by shifting it to something on topic. ;-) But actually, we do frown on posts that usurp other threads this way. >:-( See, that's me frowning. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/