ftruncate(3p) - Linux manual page (original) (raw)

FTRUNCATE(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual FTRUNCATE(3P)

PROLOG top

   This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The
   Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the
   corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or
   the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME top

   ftruncate — truncate a file to a specified length

SYNOPSIS top

   #include <unistd.h>

   int ftruncate(int _fildes_, off_t _length_);

DESCRIPTION top

   If _fildes_ is not a valid file descriptor open for writing, the
   _ftruncate_() function shall fail.

   If _fildes_ refers to a regular file, the _ftruncate_() function shall
   cause the size of the file to be truncated to _length_.  If the size
   of the file previously exceeded _length_, the extra data shall no
   longer be available to reads on the file. If the file previously
   was smaller than this size, _ftruncate_() shall increase the size of
   the file. If the file size is increased, the extended area shall
   appear as if it were zero-filled. The value of the seek pointer
   shall not be modified by a call to _ftruncate_().

   Upon successful completion, if _fildes_ refers to a regular file,
   _ftruncate_() shall mark for update the last data modification and
   last file status change timestamps of the file and the S_ISUID and
   S_ISGID bits of the file mode may be cleared. If the _ftruncate_()
   function is unsuccessful, the file is unaffected.

   If the request would cause the file size to exceed the soft file
   size limit for the process, the request shall fail and the
   implementation shall generate the SIGXFSZ signal for the thread.

   If _fildes_ refers to a directory, _ftruncate_() shall fail.

   If _fildes_ refers to any other file type, except a shared memory
   object, the result is unspecified.

   If _fildes_ refers to a shared memory object, _ftruncate_() shall set
   the size of the shared memory object to _length_.

   If the effect of _ftruncate_() is to decrease the size of a memory
   mapped file or a shared memory object and whole pages beyond the
   new end were previously mapped, then the whole pages beyond the
   new end shall be discarded.

   References to discarded pages shall result in the generation of a
   SIGBUS signal.

   If the effect of _ftruncate_() is to increase the size of a memory
   object, it is unspecified whether the contents of any mapped pages
   between the old end-of-file and the new are flushed to the
   underlying object.

RETURN VALUE top

   Upon successful completion, _ftruncate_() shall return 0; otherwise,
   -1 shall be returned and _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ set to indicate the error.

ERRORS top

   The _ftruncate_() function shall fail if:

   **EINTR** A signal was caught during execution.

   **EINVAL** The _length_ argument was less than 0.

   **EFBIG** or **EINVAL**
          The _length_ argument was greater than the maximum file size.

   **EFBIG** The file is a regular file and _length_ is greater than the
          offset maximum established in the open file description
          associated with _fildes_.

   **EIO** An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to a
          file system.

   **EBADF** or **EINVAL**
          The _fildes_ argument is not a file descriptor open for
          writing.

   _The following sections are informative._

EXAMPLES top

   None.

APPLICATION USAGE top

   None.

RATIONALE top

   None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS top

   None.

SEE ALSO top

   [open(3p)](../man3/open.3p.html), [truncate(3p)](../man3/truncate.3p.html)

   The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, [unistd.h(0p)](../man0/unistd.h.0p.html)
   Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic
   form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information
   Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The
   Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright
   (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
   Inc and The Open Group.  In the event of any discrepancy between
   this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard,
   the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee
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