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  1. Feb 27th, 2004, 01:15 PM #1
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    truncating a file... whats the right way

    I have a log file and I want to make sure it doesn grow bigger than a certain size. I open it with the FileStream class and just call the FileStream.SetLength method... am I on the right track? because I dont know if SetLength is made for that purpose or not
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    Originally posted by MrPolite
    I have a log file and I want to make sure it doesn grow bigger than a certain size. I open it with the FileStream class and just call the FileStream.SetLength method... am I on the right track? because I dont know if SetLength is made for that purpose or not
    I don't think this method works this way . I imagine , it set the length of the stream to be written at once (not the length of the file) not sure though .
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    as a workaround this , check for file size if bigger than the size you want it to be , don't write , otherwise write and check again .
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