stop line before end node

Question

Consider a line
draw[->] (0,0) -- (1, 0);
Is it somehow possible to make the line stop at e.g. 70% of the way from the start coordinate (0,0) to the end coordinate (1,0), i.e. so that the arrow head is at (0.7,0)?
Of course without explicitly calculate that point manually. I'd like to define the two endpoints, but then draw the line and sto before we actually get to that end point.
EDIT: I hope this ASCII art makes it a little bit clearer:
(0,0)         (.7,0)     (1,0)
  --------------->

Ignasi · Answer

Just to complete Zarko's answer, it's possible to use calc library to stop the line at a certain percentage of its lenght. shorten option allows to do it when we exactly know the distance to be shortened, but when this distance is unknown or want a percentatge, calc is better.
documentclass[tikz, margin=3mm]{standalone}
usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta,
                    positioning,
                calc}

begin{document}
    begin{tikzpicture}

node[circle, inner sep=1pt, fill] (A) {};
node[circle, inner sep=1pt, fill, right=2cm of A] (B) {};

node[circle, inner sep=1pt, fill] at (0,5mm) {};
node[circle, inner sep=1pt, fill] at (4,15mm) {};

draw [-Straight Barb] (A) -- node[above, sloped] {70%} ($(A)!.7!(B)$);
draw [-Straight Barb] (0,5mm) -- node[above, sloped] {95%}  ($(0,5mm)!.95!(4,15mm)$);
    end{tikzpicture}
end{document}

Zarko · Answer

One of possible solution is use of decorations.markings TikZ library:
documentclass[tikz, margin=3mm]{standalone}
usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta,
                decorations.markings}

begin{document}
    begin{tikzpicture}[
decoration={markings,% switch on markings
            mark=at position 0.7 with {arrow{Straight Barb}}}
]
draw [postaction={decorate}] (0,0) -- (1,0);
    end{tikzpicture}
end{document}

Addendum:
From OP comment follows quite unusual demand (not clear from question). It seems, that (s)he looking for something like this:
documentclass[tikz, margin=3mm]{standalone}
usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta,
                decorations.markings}

begin{document}
    begin{tikzpicture}[
decoration={markings,% switch on markings
            mark=at position 0.7 with {arrow{Straight Barb}}}
]
draw [postaction={decorate}] (0,0) -- (1,0);
draw [-Straight Barb] (0,-2mm) -- (0.7*1,-2mm);
    end{tikzpicture}
end{document}

what is the same if you draw the second line as
draw [-Straight Barb] (0,-2mm) -- (0.7,-2mm);

or
draw [-Straight Barb, shorten >=3mm] (0,-2mm) -- (1,-2mm);

Frankly said, I do not understand your intention.

stop line before end node

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