On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 10:16:54PM +0200, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> $ ./fallocate -p -l 10000 /tmp/x
> fallocate: only -n mode can be used with --zero-range
>
> Huh? I didn't specify neither -n nor -z.
case 'p':
mode |= FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE;
/* fall through */
case 'n':
mode |= FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE;
break;
unfortunately there is nothing about it in man page and usage(). It's
described in fallocate(2) syscall man page only.
Anyway, the code is wrong, it assumes that KEEP_SIZE is possible to use
only with ZERO_RANGE.
Fixed in git tree, man page massively modified to be readable for
humans (original text in the man page was from FS devels:-)
> Finally, please add some examples to the man page.
I think the new version of the man page is good enough without examples, but
if someone has something nice we can add EXAMPLES section.
Thanks!
Karel
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