From unknown Sat Jun 21 10:18:21 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#36963 <36963@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#36963 <36963@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: truncate man page Reply-To: bug#36963 <36963@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2025 17:18:21 +0000 retitle 36963 truncate man page reassign 36963 coreutils submitter 36963 David severity 36963 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Aug 07 15:21:31 2019 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 From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Aug 08 08:36:01 2019 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 From unknown Sat Jun 21 10:18:21 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 11:24:05 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator