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+// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package iotest
+
+import "io"
+
+// TruncateWriter returns a Writer that writes to w
+// but stops silently after n bytes.
+func TruncateWriter(w io.Writer, n int64) io.Writer {
+	return &truncateWriter{w, n}
+}
+
+type truncateWriter struct {
+	w io.Writer
+	n int64
+}
+
+func (t *truncateWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	if t.n <= 0 {
+		return len(p), nil
+	}
+	// real write
+	n = len(p)
+	if int64(n) > t.n {
+		n = int(t.n)
+	}
+	n, err = t.w.Write(p[0:n])
+	t.n -= int64(n)
+	if err == nil {
+		n = len(p)
+	}
+	return
+}