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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/truncate.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/truncate.2 | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/truncate.2 b/lib/libc/sys/truncate.2 index b9c039a..0503535 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/truncate.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/truncate.2 @@ -52,11 +52,12 @@ or referenced by .Fa fd to be truncated or extended to .Fa length -bytes in size. If the file previously +bytes in size. If the file was larger than this size, the extra data is lost. If the file was smaller than this size, -extra zeros are appended. +it will be extended as if by writing bytes +with the value zero. With .Fn ftruncate , the file must be open for writing. |
