From: Jeffrey Carter <jeffrey.carter@boeing.com>
Subject: Re: Resize / Truncate Direct_IO file
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 22:41:21 GMT
Date: 2002-03-12T22:41:21+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C8E8411.B05385BB@boeing.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: c7990eda.0203121240.8e3b7fd@posting.google.com
John Cupak wrote:
>
> So, here goes: Suppose I have an instantiated Direct_IO file with 10
> records.
> I set the index to 5, and realize I don't need records 6-10. How do I
> truncate or resize the file, short of deleting records 6-10? I don't
> see an End_Of_File procedure for Direct_IO. Am I missing something?
No. A Direct_IO file can get bigger, but not smaller. Within the
confines of Direct_IO, all you can do is create a new file with only the
desired data.
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Jeffrey Carter
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