Re: [RFC] fallocate utility

[Pádraig Brady]

Karel Zak wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 09:27:57PM +0100, Pádraig Brady wrote:
>> I was thinking the new fallocate util would have the
>> same options as the existing truncate util.
>> I.E. -n or -o would not be needed or supportable in all situations.
>> If you think that users would need those, then I suggest
>> adding the linux specific fallocate util to util-linux-ng,
>> and we'll add the more generic `truncate --allocate`
>> (or separate command) to coreutils.
> 
>  So.. what is our final conclusion? The Linux specific fallocate(1) in
>  util-linux-ng, right? Everyone agrees?

If others agree that a util is required to expose
the linux specific fallocate() functionality, in
addition to a more generic util to allocate space
that would fallocate() if available, then yes it
should go in util-linux-ng.

cheers,
Pádraig.