Function truncate

Truncates the file. No arguments other than a possible exception are given to the completion callback. A file descriptor can also be passed as the first argument. In this case, fs.ftruncate() is called.

import { truncate } from 'fs';
// Assuming that 'path/file.txt' is a regular file.
truncate('path/file.txt', (err) => {
  if (err) throw err;
  console.log('path/file.txt was truncated');
});

Passing a file descriptor is deprecated and may result in an error being thrown in the future.

See the POSIX truncate(2) documentation for more details.

Since

v0.0.67

Asynchronous truncate(2) - Truncate a file to a specified length.

Truncates the file. No arguments other than a possible exception are given to the completion callback. A file descriptor can also be passed as the first argument. In this case, fs.ftruncate() is called.

import { truncate } from 'fs';
// Assuming that 'path/file.txt' is a regular file.
truncate('path/file.txt', (err) => {
  if (err) throw err;
  console.log('path/file.txt was truncated');
});

Passing a file descriptor is deprecated and may result in an error being thrown in the future.

See the POSIX truncate(2) documentation for more details.

Since

v0.0.67

Asynchronous truncate(2) - Truncate a file to a specified length.