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truncate man page

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From: David <sully <at> mailoo.org>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: truncate man page
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2019 20:14:42 +0100

Hi 
This is not a bug, but a request to update documentation for truncate. It should state that truncate creates sparse files. 

Context: https://serverfault.com/questions/978325/used-truncate-to-create-huge-file-df-is-not-showing-decrease-in-available-spac/978339?noredirect=1#comment1273105_978339

Please let me know where I should route such requests to.

Thanks

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David <sully <at> mailoo.org>

Message #10 received at 36963-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: David <sully <at> mailoo.org>, 36963-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36963: truncate man page
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2019 13:35:58 +0100

On 07/08/19 20:14, David wrote:
> Hi 
> This is not a bug, but a request to update documentation for truncate. It should state that truncate creates sparse files. 
> 
> Context: https://serverfault.com/questions/978325/used-truncate-to-create-huge-file-df-is-not-showing-decrease-in-available-spac/978339?noredirect=1#comment1273105_978339
> 
> Please let me know where I should route such requests to.

Addressed at:
https://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=v8.31-42-gbecf0db

thanks,
Pádraig

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