*** dd.c.prev	Mon Oct 16 13:05:29 2000
--- dd.c	Thu Oct 19 11:42:19 2000
***************
*** 1240,1250 ****
  
    if (output_file != NULL)
      {
        int omode = O_RDWR | O_CREAT;
  
!       if (seek_record == 0 && !(conversions_mask & C_NOTRUNC))
  	omode |= O_TRUNC;
        output_fd = open (output_file, omode, 0666);
        if (output_fd < 0)
  	error (1, errno, "%s", output_file);
  #if HAVE_FTRUNCATE
--- 1240,1251 ----
  
    if (output_file != NULL)
      {
        int omode = O_RDWR | O_CREAT;
  
!       if ((seek_record == 0 && seek_bytes == 0) 
! 	  && !(conversions_mask & C_NOTRUNC))
  	omode |= O_TRUNC;
        output_fd = open (output_file, omode, 0666);
        if (output_fd < 0)
  	error (1, errno, "%s", output_file);
  #if HAVE_FTRUNCATE
***************
*** 1252,1261 ****
--- 1253,1268 ----
  	{
  	  off_t o = seek_record * output_blocksize;
  	  if (o / output_blocksize != seek_record)
  	    error (1, 0, _("file offset out of range"));
  	  if (ftruncate (output_fd, o) < 0)
+ 	    error (0, errno, "%s", output_file);
+ 	}
+ 
+       if (seek_bytes != 0 && !(conversions_mask & C_NOTRUNC))
+ 	{
+ 	  if (ftruncate (output_fd, seek_bytes) < 0)
  	    error (0, errno, "%s", output_file);
  	}
  #endif
      }
    else