Subject: bug#36963: closed (Re: bug#36963: truncate man page)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 12:36:03 +0000

Your bug report

#36963: truncate man page

which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#36963: truncate man page
From: Pádraig Brady <[email-masked]>
To: David <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2019 13:35:58 +0100
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

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

Subject: truncate man page
From: David <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2019 20:14:42 +0100
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

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 <[email-masked]>