--- 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 @@ and The 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
