Re^2: Problem truncating a huge file

Yes , the file is larger than 7782756853 bytes. OS: FreeBSD The actual issue is that I want to remove the last line of a very large file, thats all. For that I used File::ReadBackwards, got the pointer position for the start of last line, and wanted to truncate from that. If so, you might try: use Fnctl; How would this help?

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Re^3: Problem truncating a huge file by Mr. Muskrat (Canon) on Aug 27, 2009 at 15:14 UTC
I have seen reports of truncate failing when `use Fnctl ':flock'` was used but that changing it to `use Fnctl;` allowed it succeed. shrug	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Problem truncating a huge file by abhishek_akj (Initiate) on Sep 03, 2009 at 09:50 UTC
I AM using use Fnctl ':flock :seek :DEFAULT'; but if I use just use Fnctl; would it not mean I have to replace all instances of LOCK_** with their respective numeric constants?	[reply]