[DUG] Setting Data File Size

[Peter Hyde]

John asked:

> Is there a simple way to alter the size of an existing file -
> particularly to decrease the size?

Unless TFileStream has changed since I last looked in detail, you
won't find it easy.

I know that in similar cases I ended up adopting the "write to temp
file/rename-after" approach; I don't know if that would suit your
conditions adequately.


cheers,
peter

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