[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> file.truncate(X) will truncate the file to at most X bytes (i.e.
> leave the first X bytes of the file and throw away the rest).
Yes, by (IIRC) asking the filesystem to do this in a simple operation.
Most (all?) filesystems support this operation either directly or wit
On Sun, 04 May 2008 22:06:42 -0700, s0suk3 wrote:
> file.truncate(X) will truncate the file to at most X bytes (i.e. leave
> the first X bytes of the file and throw away the rest). Is there a way
> to throw away, say, the first X bytes of the file, and leave the rest?
> (Without opening the same f
file.truncate(X) will truncate the file to at most X bytes (i.e. leave
the first X bytes of the file and throw away the rest). Is there a way
to throw away, say, the first X bytes of the file, and leave the rest?
(Without opening the same file for reading, reading and processing,
overwriting the fi
