truncate

Runs on:

QNX OS

Options:

-c

Don't create file if it doesn't exist.

-s size

Set new size (with optional size prefix and suffix; see description below)

file

The pathname of a file to use as input.

Description:

The truncate utility sets the length of one or more files, extending sparsely if necessary. The -s option comes with optional size prefixes and suffixes, listed below:

Size Prefixes

• + — add
• - — subtract
• < — shrink to
• > — expand to
• / — multiple rounding down
• % — multiple rounding up

Size Suffixes

• k = 1024 bytes
• m = 1024^2 bytes
• g = 1024^3 bytes
• t = 1024^4 bytes
• p = 1024^5 bytes
• e = 1024^6 bytes

This utility is provided as part of the toybox package. For information on how to enable it, see toybox.

Contributing author:

Rob Landley and the toybox project (see https://landley.net/toybox/).