fileResize

 

 

Overview

The fileResize function sets the size of a host file to the specified number of bytes. The fileResize function returns the new file size after performing the resize operation.

Usage

The fileResize function is used to change the size of a file. This function is typically used to allocate a large section of disk space for a file, in anticipation of future needs, or to scale back a files size when the space is no longer needed.

 

Syntax

Expression:

(fileResize fileID newsize)


Arguments Name Type Description
Argument:fileID Integer An Integer representing the fileID of the file returned from a previous fileOpen function.
Argument:newsize Integer The new size of the file.

Returns:

The new file size is returned.


 

Examples

Here are a number of links to Lambda coding examples which contain this instruction in various use cases.

 

Argument Types

Here are the links to the data types of the function arguments.

Integer

Here are also a number of links to functions having arguments with any of these data types.

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