From unknown Sat Jun 21 10:44:51 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#36963: truncate man page Resent-From: David Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 19:22:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 36963 X-GNU-PR-Package: coreutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: 36963@debbugs.gnu.org X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.15652056924020 (code B ref -1); Wed, 07 Aug 2019 19:22:02 +0000 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Aug 2019 19:21:32 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39408 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hvRV5-00012l-Ak for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 07 Aug 2019 15:21:31 -0400 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]:44027) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hvROh-0000pn-LH for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 07 Aug 2019 15:14:56 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:48081) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hvROg-0000BX-NF for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Aug 2019 15:14:55 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hvROf-0002WQ-Nc for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Aug 2019 15:14:54 -0400 Received: from relay-1.mailobj.net ([213.182.54.6]:56442) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hvROf-0002Ee-I7 for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Aug 2019 15:14:53 -0400 Received: from v-2c (unknown [192.168.90.162]) by relay-1.mailobj.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 52D7D1227 for ; Wed, 7 Aug 2019 21:14:43 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-2.net-c.com [213.182.54.29] with ESMTP Wed, 7 Aug 2019 21:14:43 +0200 (CEST) X-EA-Auth: 9mp+2oD/hF8iuua3Z5BoZ2QYpnVymj1vOTmAX5criv68c7/ga+Y5xMAkTnUOl29yqMt0ZluQ37cm+kya/Z4KdLd/eKYr9CERySeuJhRO+3A= Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2019 20:14:42 +0100 From: David Message-Id: <20190807201442.5855289fec4473fc20d205ec@mailoo.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.5.1 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 213.182.54.6 X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 15:21:30 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) 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 -- David From unknown Sat Jun 21 10:44:51 2025 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.505 (Entity 5.505) X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org From: help-debbugs@gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System) To: David Subject: bug#36963: closed (Re: bug#36963: truncate man page) Message-ID: References: <20190807201442.5855289fec4473fc20d205ec@mailoo.org> X-Gnu-PR-Message: they-closed 36963 X-Gnu-PR-Package: coreutils Reply-To: 36963@debbugs.gnu.org Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 12:36:03 +0000 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----------=_1565267763-13785-1" This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1565267763-13785-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Your bug report #36963: truncate man page which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 36963@debbugs.gnu.org. --=20 36963: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D36963 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems ------------=_1565267763-13785-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at 36963-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Aug 2019 12:36:01 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40119 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hvheD-0003Zt-6Q for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 08 Aug 2019 08:36:01 -0400 Received: from mail.magicbluesmoke.com ([82.195.144.49]:40376) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hvheC-0003Zm-DV for 36963-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 08 Aug 2019 08:36:00 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain (unknown [109.79.187.227]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.magicbluesmoke.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 23D56994F; Thu, 8 Aug 2019 13:35:59 +0100 (IST) Subject: Re: bug#36963: truncate man page To: David , 36963-done@debbugs.gnu.org References: <20190807201442.5855289fec4473fc20d205ec@mailoo.org> From: =?UTF-8?Q?P=c3=a1draig_Brady?= Message-ID: Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2019 13:35:58 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20190807201442.5855289fec4473fc20d205ec@mailoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 36963-done X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) 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 ------------=_1565267763-13785-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Aug 2019 19:21:32 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39408 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hvRV5-00012l-Ak for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 07 Aug 2019 15:21:31 -0400 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]:44027) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hvROh-0000pn-LH for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 07 Aug 2019 15:14:56 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:48081) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hvROg-0000BX-NF for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Aug 2019 15:14:55 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hvROf-0002WQ-Nc for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Aug 2019 15:14:54 -0400 Received: from relay-1.mailobj.net ([213.182.54.6]:56442) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hvROf-0002Ee-I7 for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Aug 2019 15:14:53 -0400 Received: from v-2c (unknown [192.168.90.162]) by relay-1.mailobj.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 52D7D1227 for ; Wed, 7 Aug 2019 21:14:43 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-2.net-c.com [213.182.54.29] with ESMTP Wed, 7 Aug 2019 21:14:43 +0200 (CEST) X-EA-Auth: 9mp+2oD/hF8iuua3Z5BoZ2QYpnVymj1vOTmAX5criv68c7/ga+Y5xMAkTnUOl29yqMt0ZluQ37cm+kya/Z4KdLd/eKYr9CERySeuJhRO+3A= Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2019 20:14:42 +0100 From: David To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Subject: truncate man page Message-Id: <20190807201442.5855289fec4473fc20d205ec@mailoo.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.5.1 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 213.182.54.6 X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 15:21:30 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) 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 -- David ------------=_1565267763-13785-1--