GNU bug report logs - #42034
option to truncate at end or should that be default?

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: L A Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>

Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2020 19:57:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: L A Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>
Cc: 42034 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#42034: option to truncate at end or should that be default?
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2020 22:07:23 +0200
On Jun 24 2020, L A Walsh wrote:

> A second option would be to truncate the file to the last position
> written.

$ truncate -r $src $dest

Andreas.

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