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Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2000 22:20:52 +0200
To: April <awhite AT user DOT rose DOT com>
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Subject: Re: ftruncate function
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> From: April <awhite AT user DOT rose DOT com>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 19:32:25 -0500
> 
> Using djgpp 2.9.5.2, I want to use the ftruncate() function to increase
> the size of my file; according to the documentation, it is to return
> non-zero on failure.
> 
> I am testing with my ram-drive, and when all available space is
> allocated, zero is still returned.
> 
> I have also tested on my hard-drive (enlarging the file to a reasonable
> size then an unreasonable size).
> Both returned zero.
> 
> Is this a bug? Feature?

Please post a short test program that could be compiled and used to
investigate this.  It's possible that this is a feature (or
misfeature) of DOS, since `ftruncate' simply calls a couple of DOS
functions.

Btw, in general, `ftruncate' is for truncating files, not extending
them.