FileSystemWritableFileStream.truncate()

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The truncate() method of the FileSystemWritableFileStream interface resizes the file associated with the stream to be the specified size in bytes.

If the size specified is larger than the current file size this pads the file with null bytes, otherwise it truncates the file.

The file cursor is also updated when truncate() is called. If the offset is smaller than the size, it remains unchanged. If the offset is larger than size, the offset is set to that size. This ensures that subsequent writes do not error.

No changes are written to the actual file on disk until the stream has been closed. Changes are typically written to a temporary file instead.

Syntax

FileSystemWritableFileStream.truncate().then(...);

Parameters

size: An unsigned long of the amount of bytes to resize the stream to.

Return value

A Promise which returns undefined.

Exceptions

NotAllowedError: If the PermissionState is not 'granted'.
TypeError: If the size is undefined or not an unsigned long.

Examples

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Specifications

Specification
File System Access # dom-filesystemwritablefilestream-truncate

Browser compatibility

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