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class method
File.truncate
File.truncate(file_name, integer) → 0
file.c
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static VALUE
rb_file_s_truncate(VALUE klass, VALUE path, VALUE len)
{
struct truncate_arg ta;
int r;
ta.pos = NUM2OFFT(len);
FilePathValue(path);
path = rb_str_encode_ospath(path);
ta.path = StringValueCStr(path);
r = (int)(VALUE)rb_thread_call_without_gvl(nogvl_truncate, &ta,
RUBY_UBF_IO, NULL);
if (r < 0)
rb_sys_fail_path(path);
return INT2FIX(0);
}
Truncates the file file_name to be at most integer bytes long. Not available on all platforms.
Example
f = File.new("out", "w") f.write("1234567890") #=> 10 f.close #=> nil File.truncate("out", 5) #=> 0 File.size("out") #=> 5