Truncate the truncate tests (was Re: truncate to grow file)

Message-ID: <20020428032019.GF1821@blackrider>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@16239

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index 850c88703c..131d4777eb 100644
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -5644,6 +5644,9 @@ specified length.  Produces a fatal error if truncate isn't implemented
 on your system.  Returns true if successful, the undefined value
 otherwise.
 
+The behavior is undefined if LENGTH is greater than the length of the
+file.
+
 =item uc EXPR
 
 =item uc
diff --git a/t/io/fs.t b/t/io/fs.t
index 9f168cbc84..88d1973448 100755
--- a/t/io/fs.t
+++ b/t/io/fs.t
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ close(IOFSCOM);
 SKIP: {
 # Check truncating a closed file.
     eval { truncate "Iofs.tmp", 5; };
-    
+
     skip("no truncate - $@", 10) if $@;
 
     is(-s "Iofs.tmp", 5, "truncation to five bytes");
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ SKIP: {
     if ($needs_fh_reopen) {
 	close (FH); open (FH, ">>Iofs.tmp") or die "Can't reopen Iofs.tmp";
     }
-       
+
     if ($^O eq 'vos') {
         skip ("# TODO - hit VOS bug posix-973 - cannot resize an open file below the current file pos.", 7);
     }
@@ -310,12 +310,6 @@ SKIP: {
 
     ok(-z "Iofs.tmp", "fh resize to zero working (filename check)");
 
-    ok(truncate(FH, 200), "fh resize to 200");
-    is(-s FH, 200, "fh resize to 200 working (FH check)");
-
-    ok(truncate(FH, 0), "fh resize to 0");
-    ok(-z FH, "fh resize to 0 working (FH check)");
-
     close FH;
 }