1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index b37d1dae0..43e9c4939 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -3771,10 +3771,12 @@ operate(struct Configurable *config, int argc, char *argv[])
                           " bytes\n", outs.bytes);
                 fflush(outs.stream);
                 /* truncate file at the position where we started appending */
+#ifdef HAVE_FTRUNCATE
                 ftruncate( fileno(outs.stream), outs.init);
+#endif
                 /* now seek to the end of the file, the position where we
                    just truncated the file */
-                fseek(outs.stream, 0, SEEK_END);
+                fseek(outs.stream, outs.init, SEEK_SET);
                 outs.bytes = 0; /* clear for next round */
               }
               continue;