On Fri, Jul 05, 2002 at 09:57:34AM -0400, Benjamin Coates wrote: > >They have support yes, but how do you delete part of a file after you > >don't need a section of data anymore? > > NT has an ioctl that zeroes out a range of bytes, and deallocates file space > as appropriate. I'm told linux doesn't have that.
I seem to recall once seeing a man page for unlink or something mentioning that it would be very useful to be able to unlink part of a file... I think you're right. :( -- Need some Linux help or custom C(++) programming? Drop me a line and I'll see what I can do. Resume at http://www.petertodd.ca/resume.php [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.petertodd.ca
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