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@node truncate
@section @code{truncate}
@findex truncate
POSIX specification:@* @url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/truncate.html}
Gnulib module: truncate
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
mingw, MSVC 14, Android 4.4 with @code{AC_SYS_LARGEFILE} in effect.
@item
On platforms where @code{off_t} is a 32-bit type, this function is not
applicable to arbitrary lengths for files 2 GiB and larger.
@xref{Large File Support}.
@item
This function does not fail when the file name argument ends in a slash
and (without the slash) names a non-directory, on some platforms:
AIX 7.2.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize