>>>>> On Wed, 03 Dec 1997 09:16:31 -0500
>>>>> Bill Hawes <whawes@star.net> said:
Bill> Hans-Joachim Widmaier wrote:
>> If I'm not totally wrong here, I'd like to change the VFS and
>> filesystems so that truncate() can return an error, too.
Bill> I've seen comments in other filesystems complaining about the
Bill> lack of a return code, so it seems like a good idea to me. Of
Bill> course, probably no software applications are checking for
Bill> errors, but it would be better to allow for the future
Bill> possibility.
Since (f)truncate() can fail with other errors, apps should alread
check for them. I see no problems here...
Robbe
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