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Revision 2 (Per Amundsen, 02/09/2014 12:38 AM) → Revision 3/6 (Per Amundsen, 02/09/2014 12:39 AM)

_Added in 1.9.0_ 

 */btrunc <filename> <bytes>* 

 Truncates/extends a file to the specified length. 

 *Parameters* 

 <filename> - The file to truncate. 
 <bytes> <bytes>* - Number of bytes to truncate/extend to. 

 *Example* 

 <pre> 
 alias example { 
   var %temp = Hello! World 
   ;Write to a variable %temp's content 
   bwrite Example 0 $len(%temp) %temp 
   ;Truncate the file down to 6 bytes 
   btrunc Example 6 
   ;Read the file into a variable 
   bread Example 0 $file(Example).size &Example 
   ;Print out the variable's content 
   echo -a $bvar(&Example,1,$bvar(&Example,0)).text 
   ;Delete the file 
   remove Example 
 } 
 </pre>