GNU bug report logs - #36963
truncate man page

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: David <sully <at> mailoo.org>

Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2019 19:22:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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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>
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