how to use the ftruncate function from the fs-extra library in typescript

To use the ftruncate function from the fs-extra library in TypeScript, you can follow the steps below:

  1. Install the fs-extra library using npm:
index.ts
npm install fs-extra
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  1. Import the fs-extra library in your TypeScript file:
index.ts
import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
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  1. Use the ftruncate function to truncate the given file descriptor to the specified length:
index.ts
fs.ftruncate(fd, length, callback);
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Here, fd is the file descriptor of the file to truncate, length is the length to which the file should be truncated, and callback is the function to be called after the truncation is complete.

Example:

index.ts
import * as fs from 'fs-extra';

const FILE_PATH = '/path/to/file.txt';
const TRUNCATE_LENGTH = 100;

// Open the file for reading and writing
fs.open(FILE_PATH, 'r+', (err, fd) => {
  if (err) {
    console.log(err);
    return;
  }

  // Truncate the file to the specified length
  fs.ftruncate(fd, TRUNCATE_LENGTH, (err) => {
    if (err) {
      console.log(err);
      return;
    }

    console.log(`File truncated to ${TRUNCATE_LENGTH} bytes`);

    // Close the file descriptor
    fs.close(fd, (err) => {
      if (err) {
        console.log(err);
      }
    });
  });
});
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