Shortening file length on RandomAccessFile

[jsturm@xxxxxxxxxx (Jeff Sturm)]

There is no portable way to shorten a file.  On many platforms you must
resort to recreating the file, even if you code in C.

Andy Wiese wrote:
> 
> Is there a way that I can reduce the length of a RandomAccessFile? I am
> using RandomAccessFile to implement a small database...when the total
> stored data shrinks, I would like to reduce the length of the file. I am
> trying to avoid writing out a new file because of cross-platform issues
> (it needs to run well on the Mac, and if I recreate the file I lose the
> resource fork).
> 
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