Subject: Re: bug#36963: truncate man page

From: Pádraig Brady <[email-masked]>
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