Re: posix_fallocate

Ulrich Drepper (drepper@redhat.com)
14 Apr 2000 08:53:25 -0700


Jamie Lokier <lk@tantalophile.demon.co.uk> writes:

> You could try using sendfile from /dev/zero -- that gives the kernel or
> fs a chance to optimise that path in future.

One must not change the file pointer position. Therefore sendfile is out.

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