[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #41517] Add an ftruncate function to complement existing C-style I/O

[Mike Miller]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?41517>

                 Summary: Add an ftruncate function to complement existing
C-style I/O
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: mtmiller
            Submitted on: Sat 08 Feb 2014 05:51:02 PM EST
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 1 - Wish
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Feature Request
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

Many C standard library I/O functions are available in the Octave shell, but
ftruncate is not one of them. There is no such Matlab function, but this might
be a nice addition to the I/O builtins.

The ftruncate function is provided by gnulib so implementing this should be an
easy wrapper. Might be a nice project for a beginner?

See this thread:
http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/How-to-truncate-a-file-after-partly-overwriting-it-td4661758.html




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