wimlib_assert(out_fd->offset - begin_offset == blob->size);
- if (out_fd->offset < end_offset &&
- 0 != ftruncate(out_fd->fd, out_fd->offset))
- {
- ERROR_WITH_ERRNO("Can't truncate output file to "
- "offset %"PRIu64, out_fd->offset);
- return WIMLIB_ERR_WRITE;
- }
+ /* We could ftruncate() the file to 'out_fd->offset' here, but there
+ * isn't much point. Usually we will only be truncating by a few bytes
+ * and will just overwrite the data immediately. */
blob->out_reshdr.size_in_wim = blob->size;
blob->out_reshdr.flags &= ~(WIM_RESHDR_FLAG_COMPRESSED |