Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> If you don't mind truncating first, how about this?
>>
>> true > /var/spool/whatever/foo
>> dd bs=1 seek=2G of=/var/spool/whatever/foo < /dev/null
>
> Also, the latter command works even if the former comma
Jim Meyering wrote:
> Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>> If you don't mind truncating first, how about this?
>>>
>>> true > /var/spool/whatever/foo
>>> dd bs=1 seek=2G of=/var/spool/whatever/foo < /dev/null
>> Also, the latter command work
On Tuesday 26 February 2008 21:03, Pádraig Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > That depends on your definition of "works".
> > If you don't mind retaining the first 2GiB of content in
> > a preexisting output file, then it works fine. But the initial
> > truncation is required if you want to be s
Russell Coker wrote:
> On Tuesday 26 February 2008 21:03, Pádraig Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> That depends on your definition of "works".
>>> If you don't mind retaining the first 2GiB of content in
>>> a preexisting output file, then it works fine. But the initial
>>> truncation is requi
