====== QTIPS - Truncating DOS Files=====

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|Sprezzatura Ltd|01 MAY 1992|2.12+|EXPERT|OSBWRITE|

Richard Guise informs us of an interesting use for the OSBWRITE command.  It
seems that if you want to truncate a file at a fixed length the easiest way
is to OSBWRITE a null onto the character position to truncate at.  Thus if a
file were 10 MB in length and only the first 5 MB were required one would

     OSBWRITE "" on File_Var at 5120000


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