Re: Truncate file

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From: Jon Skeet [C# MVP] <skeet@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 21:01:02 +0100

<<l>> wrote:
> I have a text file. I want to delete the second part of file. How can I
> delete the second half from file?
>
> For example:
> in file is:
>
> Sentence 1.
> Sentence 2.
>
> and I want to delete from file "Sentence 2."

You need to find the exact position in the file - in bytes, not
characters - and call FileStream.SetLength.

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