+
+LTTNG_HIDDEN
+int utils_truncate_stream_file(int fd, off_t length)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = ftruncate(fd, length);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ PERROR("ftruncate");
+ goto end;
+ }
+ ret = lseek(fd, length, SEEK_SET);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ PERROR("lseek");
+ goto end;
+ }
+end:
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static const char *get_man_bin_path(void)
+{
+ char *env_man_path = lttng_secure_getenv(DEFAULT_MAN_BIN_PATH_ENV);
+
+ if (env_man_path) {
+ return env_man_path;
+ }
+
+ return DEFAULT_MAN_BIN_PATH;
+}
+
+LTTNG_HIDDEN
+int utils_show_help(int section, const char *page_name,
+ const char *help_msg)
+{
+ char section_string[8];
+ const char *man_bin_path = get_man_bin_path();
+ int ret = 0;
+
+ if (help_msg) {
+ printf("%s", help_msg);
+ goto end;
+ }
+
+ /* Section integer -> section string */
+ ret = sprintf(section_string, "%d", section);
+ assert(ret > 0 && ret < 8);
+
+ /*
+ * Execute man pager.
+ *
+ * We provide -M to man here because LTTng-tools can
+ * be installed outside /usr, in which case its man pages are
+ * not located in the default /usr/share/man directory.
+ */
+ ret = execlp(man_bin_path, "man", "-M", MANPATH,
+ section_string, page_name, NULL);
+
+end:
+ return ret;
+}