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<h2><span class="refentrytitle"><a name="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-file-trunc-ops.top_of_page"></a>Truncating Files</span></h2>
<p>Truncating Files — Force files to a particular length</p>
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<pre class="synopsis"><a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-result.html#GnomeVFSResult" title="enum GnomeVFSResult"><span class="returnvalue">GnomeVFSResult</span></a> <a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-file-trunc-ops.html#gnome-vfs-truncate" title="gnome_vfs_truncate ()">gnome_vfs_truncate</a> (<em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">gchar</span> *text_uri</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-file-size.html#GnomeVFSFileSize" title="GnomeVFSFileSize"><span class="type">GnomeVFSFileSize</span></a> length</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-result.html#GnomeVFSResult" title="enum GnomeVFSResult"><span class="returnvalue">GnomeVFSResult</span></a> <a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-file-trunc-ops.html#gnome-vfs-truncate-uri" title="gnome_vfs_truncate_uri ()">gnome_vfs_truncate_uri</a> (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-uri.html#GnomeVFSURI" title="GnomeVFSURI"><span class="type">GnomeVFSURI</span></a> *uri</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-file-size.html#GnomeVFSFileSize" title="GnomeVFSFileSize"><span class="type">GnomeVFSFileSize</span></a> length</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-result.html#GnomeVFSResult" title="enum GnomeVFSResult"><span class="returnvalue">GnomeVFSResult</span></a> <a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-file-trunc-ops.html#gnome-vfs-truncate-handle" title="gnome_vfs_truncate_handle ()">gnome_vfs_truncate_handle</a> (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">GnomeVFSHandle</span> *handle</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-file-size.html#GnomeVFSFileSize" title="GnomeVFSFileSize"><span class="type">GnomeVFSFileSize</span></a> length</code></em>);
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Truncation of files is used to force them to a particular length.
If a file longer than specified, the trailing bytes are discarded,
if it is shorter than specified it is padded with zeros.
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<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-result.html#GnomeVFSResult" title="enum GnomeVFSResult"><span class="returnvalue">GnomeVFSResult</span></a> gnome_vfs_truncate (<em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">gchar</span> *text_uri</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-file-size.html#GnomeVFSFileSize" title="GnomeVFSFileSize"><span class="type">GnomeVFSFileSize</span></a> length</code></em>);</pre>
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Truncate the file at <em class="parameter"><code>text_uri</code></em> to <em class="parameter"><code>length</code></em> bytes.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>text_uri</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>string representing the file to be truncated.</td>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>length</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>length of the new file at <em class="parameter"><code>text_uri</code></em>.</td>
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<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td>an integer representing the result of the operation.</td>
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<a name="gnome-vfs-truncate-uri"></a><h3>gnome_vfs_truncate_uri ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-result.html#GnomeVFSResult" title="enum GnomeVFSResult"><span class="returnvalue">GnomeVFSResult</span></a> gnome_vfs_truncate_uri (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-uri.html#GnomeVFSURI" title="GnomeVFSURI"><span class="type">GnomeVFSURI</span></a> *uri</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-file-size.html#GnomeVFSFileSize" title="GnomeVFSFileSize"><span class="type">GnomeVFSFileSize</span></a> length</code></em>);</pre>
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Truncate the file at <em class="parameter"><code>uri</code></em> to be only <em class="parameter"><code>length</code></em> bytes. Data past <em class="parameter"><code>length</code></em>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>uri</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>uri of the file to be truncated.</td>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>length</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>length of the new file at <em class="parameter"><code>uri</code></em>.</td>
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<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td>an integer representing the result of the operation.</td>
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<a name="gnome-vfs-truncate-handle"></a><h3>gnome_vfs_truncate_handle ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-result.html#GnomeVFSResult" title="enum GnomeVFSResult"><span class="returnvalue">GnomeVFSResult</span></a> gnome_vfs_truncate_handle (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">GnomeVFSHandle</span> *handle</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-file-size.html#GnomeVFSFileSize" title="GnomeVFSFileSize"><span class="type">GnomeVFSFileSize</span></a> length</code></em>);</pre>
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Truncate the file pointed to by <em class="parameter"><code>handle</code></em> to be only <em class="parameter"><code>length</code></em> bytes.
Data past <em class="parameter"><code>length</code></em> bytes will be discarded.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>handle</code></em> :</span></p></td>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>length</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>length of the new file the handle is open to.</td>
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