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Clearning file contents

I am doing file operations using fopen(),
fwrite(), fclose() group of functions.
At times I need to clear the file contents while
the file is open.
Is there a function in the same group to do it?
(Or a workaround other than closing and
reopening the file in write mode?)
--Harish

Dec 4 '07 #1
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"Harish" wrote:
I am doing file operations using fopen(),
fwrite(), fclose() group of functions.
At times I need to clear the file contents while
the file is open.
Is there a function in the same group to do it?
(Or a workaround other than closing and
reopening the file in write mode?)
--Harish
Goto the very beginning of the file by means of the _lseek() function.

Dec 4 '07 #2

"Harish" <Ha****@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
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>I am doing file operations using fopen(),
fwrite(), fclose() group of functions.
At times I need to clear the file contents while
the file is open.
Is there a function in the same group to do it?
_get_osfhandle and SetEndOfFile
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365531.aspx
(Or a workaround other than closing and
reopening the file in write mode?)
--Harish

Dec 4 '07 #3

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