Re: [PATCH] fallocate.2: ffix
From: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <hidden>
Date: 2012-03-19 18:42:09
Thanks David. Applied for 3.38. On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 4:14 PM, David Prévot [off-list ref] wrote:
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--- man2/fallocate.2 | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)diff --git a/man2/fallocate.2 b/man2/fallocate.2 index 9fe0620..2f84c91 100644 --- a/man2/fallocate.2 +++ b/man2/fallocate.2@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ andThe file size (as reported by .BR stat (2)) will be changed if -.I "offset + len" +.IR offset + len is greater than the file size. This default behavior closely resembles the behavior of the .BR posix_fallocate (3)@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ flag is specified in.IR mode , the behavior of the call is similar, but the file size will not be changed even if -.I "offset + len" +.IR offset + len is greater than the file size. Preallocating zeroed blocks beyond the end of the file in this manner is useful for optimizing append workloads. -- 1.7.9.1
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