pgsql: Use truncate(2) where appropriate.

From: Thomas Munro <tmunro(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Use truncate(2) where appropriate.
Date: 2020-12-01 02:47:40
Message-ID: E1kjvhc-0007DT-Cv@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Use truncate(2) where appropriate.

When truncating files by name, use truncate(2). Windows hasn't got it,
so keep our previous coding based on ftruncate(2) as a fallback.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/16663-fe97ccf9932fc800%40postgresql.org

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master

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/57faaf376e1961fa48866c6e5d6926463c6671b1

Modified Files
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src/backend/storage/file/fd.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
src/backend/storage/smgr/md.c | 13 +------------
src/include/storage/fd.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

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