#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>

struct stat st;

int main(int argc,char **argv)
{
    int temp, x, rc;

    stat("date.txt", &st);

    printf("File size: %d bytes\n", st.st_size);
    truncate ("date.txt", st.st_size - 4);
    printf ("\n");

    exit(0);
}