From cf16c74a3d34aeeaa91051bfb16552c19d16564e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Markus Armbruster <armbru@pond.sub.org>
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 13:42:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] New ef_truncate()

---
 include/file.h        |  1 +
 src/lib/common/file.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/file.h b/include/file.h
index fc571620..c0eca3ad 100644
--- a/include/file.h
+++ b/include/file.h
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ extern void ef_blank(int, int, void *);
 extern int ef_write(int, int, void *);
 extern int ef_extend(int, int);
 extern int ef_ensure_space(int, int, int);
+extern int ef_truncate(int, int);
 extern int ef_nelem(int);
 extern int ef_flags(int);
 extern int ef_byname(char *);
diff --git a/src/lib/common/file.c b/src/lib/common/file.c
index caf55052..f2e4353a 100644
--- a/src/lib/common/file.c
+++ b/src/lib/common/file.c
@@ -514,6 +514,49 @@ do_blank(struct empfile *ep, void *buf, int id, int count)
     }
 }
 
+/*
+ * Truncate table TYPE to COUNT elements.
+ * Any pointers obtained from ef_ptr() become invalid.
+ * Return non-zero on success, zero on failure.
+ */
+int
+ef_truncate(int type, int count)
+{
+    struct empfile *ep;
+
+    if (ef_check(type) < 0)
+	return 0;
+    ep = &empfile[type];
+    if (CANT_HAPPEN(count < 0 || count > ep->fids))
+	return 0;
+
+    if (ep->fd >= 0 && !(ep->flags & EFF_PRIVATE)) {
+	if (ftruncate(ep->fd, count * ep->size) < 0) {
+	    logerror("Can't truncate %s to %d elements (%s)",
+		     ep->file, count, strerror(errno));
+	    return 0;
+	}
+    }
+    ep->fids = count;
+
+    if (ep->flags & EFF_MEM) {
+	if (!(ep->flags & EFF_STATIC)) {
+	    if (!ef_realloc_cache(ep, count)) {
+		logerror("Can't shrink cache after truncate");
+		/* continue with unshrunk cache */
+	    }
+	}
+	ep->cids = count;
+    } else {
+	if (ep->baseid >= count)
+	    ep->cids = 0;
+	else if (ep->cids > count - ep->baseid)
+	    ep->cids = count - ep->baseid;
+    }
+
+    return 1;
+}
+
 struct castr *
 ef_cadef(int type)
 {