| truncate {Rstreams} | R Documentation |
Truncates a binary stream at its current position.
truncate(stream)
stream |
a stream previously opened in write mode. |
This function will truncate the file at the current position. Any data after this position will be deleted.
The new size of the stream.
s <- openstream("mydata", "write")
# Write the bytes from 1 to 10 to the file, and truncate after them
# to be sure it is only 10 bytes long.
writeint(s, 1:10, 1)
truncate(s)
closestream(s)