Hi,
I thing this tool would be handy. I support addition to NetBSD, FWIW :)

Jaromir

Alexander Langer wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> FreeBSD recently imported a truncate(1) utility into their
> src-tree, which is a command-line frontend to truncate(2).
> 
> >From its usage:
> usage: truncate [-c] -s [+|-]size[K|M|G] file ...
>        truncate [-c] -r rfile file ...
> 
> -s truncates the file to a given filesize.  Sizes relative to the
> actual size is possible with the +/- operator, which K|M|G specifies
> Kilo/Mega/Gigabyte respectively.
> -r sets the filesize to the filesize of the file rfile.
> -c prevents truncate from creating a file if it's doesn't exist.
> 
> We've tried to keep this tool clean and smooth, as discussed on the
> FreeBSD-Arch Mailingliste <freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG>.
> 
> However, I spoke with Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@FreeBSD.ORG>, and
> we came to the conclusion, that--for portability--it could be nice
> to have truncate(1) in all the BSD's.
> 
> With this mail I'd like to encourage the other BSD's to discuss
> the inclusion of truncate(1) as well.
> 
> The source can be found at
> ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/src/usr.bin/truncate/
> (add .tar for the whole dir, you know)
> 
> Alex
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