GNU bug report logs - #27666
[grep on GPFS filesystem] SEEK_HOLE problem

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Moyard John <John.Moyard <at> cnes.fr>

Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 11:58:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 27666 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Moyard John <John.Moyard <at> cnes.fr>, Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>,
 "27666 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <27666 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#27666: [grep on GPFS filesystem] SEEK_HOLE problem
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 13:43:49 -0700

On 07/13/2017 02:13 AM, Moyard John wrote:
> That's why I was asking about another way to identify a binary file instead using 'seek(SEEK_HOLE)' : do you think that it could possible?

If there is a reasonable (i.e., cheap) way for grep to determine that 
SEEK_HOLE is buggy for the current file, I suppose grep could do that. 
Do you know of any such method?

Really, the bug here is in the file system, not in grep. Have you filed 
a bug with the GPFS maintainers?
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