Truncating an open file under BSD 4.3

[Root Boy Jim]

? From: Badri Lokanathan <badri at valhalla.ee.rochester.edu>

? What is the best way to empty an already open write-only file under BSD 4.3?

Guy Harris answered most of your questions, so I won't repeat what he said...

? I tried truncate but it leaves holes in the file, which make
? it unreadable.

...but he didn't address this point. I find this hard to believe. Holes
are supposed to be read as blocks of zeros. Maybe you tried to read
after the truncate without changing the seek pointer?

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