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Enumeration used to distinguish between different ways to handle the contents, if any, of an existing file immediately upon opening the file.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdls_filesystemutil.h>`

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enum FileTruncatePolicy;
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== Members

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| Name| Description
| `e_TRUNCATE` 
| Delete the file's contents on open.
| `e_KEEP` 
| Keep the file's contents.
|===



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