Index: head/usr.bin/truncate/truncate.1 =================================================================== --- head/usr.bin/truncate/truncate.1 +++ head/usr.bin/truncate/truncate.1 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd December 19, 2006 +.Dd July 27, 2020 .Dt TRUNCATE 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -143,6 +143,43 @@ .Nm will issue a diagnostic and continue processing the remaining arguments. +.Sh EXAMPLES +Adjust the size of the file +.Pa test_file +to 10 Megabytes but do not create it if it does not exist: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +truncate -c -s +10M test_file +.Ed +.Pp +Same as above but create the file if it does not exist: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +truncate -s +10M test_file +ls -l test_file +-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 10485760 Jul 22 18:48 test_file +.Ed +.Pp +Adjust the size of +.Pa test_file +to the size of the kernel and create another file +.Pa test_file2 +with the same size: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +truncate -r /boot/kernel/kernel test_file test_file2 +ls -l /boot/kernel/kernel test_file* +-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 31352552 May 15 14:18 /boot/kernel/kernel* +-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 31352552 Jul 22 19:15 test_file +-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 31352552 Jul 22 19:15 test_file2 +.Ed +.Pp +Downsize +.Pa test_file +in 5 Megabytes: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +# truncate -s -5M test_file +ls -l test_file* +-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 26109672 Jul 22 19:17 test_file +-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 31352552 Jul 22 19:15 test_file2 +.Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr dd 1 , .Xr touch 1 ,