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Revision 4 (Per Amundsen, 02/16/2014 06:54 AM) → Revision 5/6 (Per Amundsen, 02/16/2014 06:54 AM)
_Added in 1.9.0_
*/btrunc <filename> <bytes>*
Truncates/extends a file to the specified length.
*Parameters*
<filename> - The file to truncate.
<bytes> - Number of bytes to truncate/extend to.
*Example*
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alias example {
;Create variable %temp and add some data.
/var %temp = Hello! World
;Write to 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 remove Example
}
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