Pádraig Brady, Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:19:36 +0100:
> I was thinking that truncate --allocate would call posix_fallocate()
> which guarantees that the file is allocated even if the filesystem does
> not support fallocate(). I.E. we would need to add a posix_fallocate()
> gnulib module that adds the function if not available, and does what
> glibc does if fallocate() returns ENOSYS (write zeros).

Could I hope in arrival of that anytime soon, or should I try to get 
myself wet with blood of gnulib and make the patch myself?

Matěj



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