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  35 <a href="gnome-vfs-gnome-vfs-result.html#GnomeVFSResult">GnomeVFSResult</a> <a href="gnome-vfs-gnome-vfs-file-trunc-ops.html#gnome-vfs-truncate">gnome_vfs_truncate</a>           (const <a
  36 href="../glib/glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar"
  37 >gchar</a> *text_uri,
  38                                              <a href="gnome-vfs-gnome-vfs-file-size.html#GnomeVFSFileSize">GnomeVFSFileSize</a> length);
  39 <a href="gnome-vfs-gnome-vfs-result.html#GnomeVFSResult">GnomeVFSResult</a> <a href="gnome-vfs-gnome-vfs-file-trunc-ops.html#gnome-vfs-truncate-uri">gnome_vfs_truncate_uri</a>       (GnomeVFSURI *uri,
  40                                              <a href="gnome-vfs-gnome-vfs-file-size.html#GnomeVFSFileSize">GnomeVFSFileSize</a> length);
  41 <a href="gnome-vfs-gnome-vfs-result.html#GnomeVFSResult">GnomeVFSResult</a> <a href="gnome-vfs-gnome-vfs-file-trunc-ops.html#gnome-vfs-truncate-handle">gnome_vfs_truncate_handle</a>    (GnomeVFSHandle *handle,
  42                                              <a href="gnome-vfs-gnome-vfs-file-size.html#GnomeVFSFileSize">GnomeVFSFileSize</a> length);
  43 </pre></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>Description</h2><p>
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  45 </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>Details</h2><div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="gnome-vfs-truncate"></a>gnome_vfs_truncate ()</h3><pre class="programlisting"><a href="gnome-vfs-gnome-vfs-result.html#GnomeVFSResult">GnomeVFSResult</a> gnome_vfs_truncate           (const <a
  46 href="../glib/glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar"
  47 >gchar</a> *text_uri,
  48                                              <a href="gnome-vfs-gnome-vfs-file-size.html#GnomeVFSFileSize">GnomeVFSFileSize</a> length);</pre><p>
  49 Truncate the file at <i class="parameter"><tt>text_uri</tt></i> to <i class="parameter"><tt>length</tt></i> bytes.</p><p>
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  51 </p><div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" valign="top"><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i class="parameter"><tt>text_uri</tt></i> :</span></td><td> URI of the file to be truncated
  52 </td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i class="parameter"><tt>length</tt></i> :</span></td><td> length of the new file at <i class="parameter"><tt>text_uri</tt></i>
  53 </td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></td><td> An integer representing the result of the operation
  54 </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><hr><div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="gnome-vfs-truncate-uri"></a>gnome_vfs_truncate_uri ()</h3><pre class="programlisting"><a href="gnome-vfs-gnome-vfs-result.html#GnomeVFSResult">GnomeVFSResult</a> gnome_vfs_truncate_uri       (GnomeVFSURI *uri,
  55                                              <a href="gnome-vfs-gnome-vfs-file-size.html#GnomeVFSFileSize">GnomeVFSFileSize</a> length);</pre><p>
  56 Truncate the file at <i class="parameter"><tt>uri</tt></i> to be only <i class="parameter"><tt>length</tt></i> bytes. Data past <i class="parameter"><tt>length</tt></i>
  57 bytes will be discarded.</p><p>
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  59 </p><div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" valign="top"><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i class="parameter"><tt>uri</tt></i> :</span></td><td> URI of the file to be truncated
  60 </td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i class="parameter"><tt>length</tt></i> :</span></td><td> length of the new file at <i class="parameter"><tt>uri</tt></i>
  61 </td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></td><td> An integer representing the result of the operation
  62 </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><hr><div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="gnome-vfs-truncate-handle"></a>gnome_vfs_truncate_handle ()</h3><pre class="programlisting"><a href="gnome-vfs-gnome-vfs-result.html#GnomeVFSResult">GnomeVFSResult</a> gnome_vfs_truncate_handle    (GnomeVFSHandle *handle,
  63                                              <a href="gnome-vfs-gnome-vfs-file-size.html#GnomeVFSFileSize">GnomeVFSFileSize</a> length);</pre><p>
  64 Truncate the file pointed to be <i class="parameter"><tt>handle</tt></i> to be only <i class="parameter"><tt>length</tt></i> bytes.
  65 Data past <i class="parameter"><tt>length</tt></i> bytes will be discarded.</p><p>
  66
  67 </p><div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" valign="top"><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i class="parameter"><tt>handle</tt></i> :</span></td><td> a handle to the file to be truncated
  68 </td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i class="parameter"><tt>length</tt></i> :</span></td><td> length of the new file the handle is open to
  69 </td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></td><td> An integer representing the result of the operation
  70 </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div><table class="navigation" width="100%" summary="Navigation footer" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="middle"><td align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="gnome-vfs-gnome-vfs-file-info-ops.html"><b>&lt;&lt; Getting and Setting File Information</b></a></td><td align="right"><a accesskey="n" href="gnome-vfs-gnome-vfs-file-advanced-ops.html"><b>Advanced File Operations &gt;&gt;</b></a></td></tr></table></body></html>