Re: truncate head of file?

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On 08/19/14 22:45, Howard Chu wrote:
> Was thinking it would be very handy to have a truncate() variant that deletes pages from the head of a file. This could be leveraged to make logfiles easier to maintain, as an example. Anyone else interested, think this would be nice to have?
> 
> (Note - not the same as just punching holes in the beginning of the file - we want the beginning of the file to advance as well, past the deleted pages.)

What is a "page" of a file?

Thanks,
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~Randy
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