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-.TH FALLOCATE 1 "September 2011" "util-linux" "User Commands"
-.SH NAME
-fallocate \- preallocate or deallocate space to a file
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B fallocate
-.RB [ \-c ]
-.RB [ \-n ]
-.RB [ \-p ]
-.RB [ \-z ]
-.RB [ \-o
-.IR offset ]
-.B \-l
-.IR length
-.I filename
-.PP
-.B fallocate \-d
-.RB [ \-o
-.IR offset ]
-.RB [ \-l
-.IR length ]
-.I filename
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.B fallocate
-is used to manipulate the allocated disk space for a file, either to deallocate
-or preallocate it. For filesystems which support the fallocate system call,
-preallocation is done quickly by allocating blocks and marking them as
-uninitialized, requiring no IO to the data blocks. This is much faster than
-creating a file by filling it with zeros.
-.PP
-The exit code returned by
-.B fallocate
-is 0 on success and 1 on failure.
-.SH OPTIONS
-The \fIlength\fR and \fIoffset\fR
-arguments may be followed by the multiplicative suffixes KiB (=1024),
-MiB (=1024*1024), and so on for GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB (the "iB" is
-optional, e.g., "K" has the same meaning as "KiB") or the suffixes
-KB (=1000), MB (=1000*1000), and so on for GB, TB, PB, EB, ZB and YB.
-.PP
-The options \fB\-\-collapse\-range\fP, \fB\-\-dig\-holes\fP, \fB\-\-punch\-hole\fP and
-\fB\-\-zero\-range\fP are mutually exclusive.
-.TP
-.BR \-c , " \-\-collapse\-range"
-Removes a byte range from a file, without leaving a hole. The byte range
-to be collapsed starts at \fIoffset\fP and continues
-for \fIlength\fR bytes. At the completion of the operation, the contents of
-the file starting at the location \fIoffset\fR+\fIlength\fR will be appended at the
-location \fIoffset\fR, and the file will be \fIlength\fR bytes smaller. The option
-\fB\-\-keep\-size\fR may not be specified for colapse range operation.
-.sp
-Available since Linux 3.15 for ext4 (only for extent-based files) and XFS.
-.TP
-.BR \-d , " \-\-dig\-holes"
-Detect and dig holes. This makes the file sparse in-place, without using extra
-disk space. The minimum size of the hole depends on filesystem I/O block size
-(usually 4096 bytes). Also, when using this option, \fB\-\-keep\-size\fP is
-implied. If no range is specified by \fB\-\-offset\fP and \fB\-\-length\fP,
-then the entire file is analyzed for holes.
-.sp
-You can think of this option as doing a "\fBcp --sparse\fP" and then renaming
-the destination file to the original, without the need for extra disk space.
-.sp
-See \fB\-\-punch\-hole\fP for a list of supported filesystems.
-.TP
-.BR \-l , " \-\-length " \fIlength
-Specifies the length of the range, in bytes.
-.TP
-.BR \-n , " \-\-keep\-size"
-Do not modify the apparent length of the file. This may effectively allocate
-blocks past EOF, which can be removed with a truncate.
-.TP
-.BR \-o , " \-\-offset " \fIoffset
-Specifies the beginning offset of the range, in bytes.
-.TP
-.BR \-p , " \-\-punch\-hole"
-Deallocates space (i.e., creates a hole) in the byte range starting at
-\fIoffset\fP and continuing for \fIlength\fR bytes. Within the
-specified range, partial filesystem blocks are zeroed, and whole
-filesystem blocks are removed from the file. After a successful
-call, subsequent reads from this range will return zeroes. This option
-may not be specified at the same time as the \fB\-\-zero\-range\fP option.
-Also, when using this option, \fB\-\-keep\-size\fP is implied.
-.sp
-Supported for XFS (since Linux 2.6.38), ext4 (since Linux 3.0),
-Btrfs (since Linux 3.7) and tmpfs (since Linux 3.5).
-.TP
-.BR \-v , " \-\-verbose"
-Enable verbose mode.
-.TP
-.BR \-z , " \-\-zero\-range"
-Zeroes space in the byte range starting at \fIoffset\fP and
-continuing for \fIlength\fR bytes. Within the specified range, blocks are
-preallocated for the regions that span the holes in the file. After
-a successful call, subsequent reads from this range will return zeroes.
-.sp
-Zeroing is done within the filesystem preferably by converting the
-range into unwritten extents. This approach means that the specified
-range will not be physically zeroed out on the device (except for
-partial blocks at the either end of the range), and I/O is
-(otherwise) required only to update metadata.
-.sp
-Option \fB\-\-keep\-size\fP can be specified to prevent file length
-modification.
-.sp
-Available since Linux 3.14 for ext4 (only for extent-based files) and XFS.
-.TP
-.BR \-V , " \-\-version"
-Display version information and exit.
-.TP
-.BR \-h , " \-\-help"
-Display help text and exit.
.SH AUTHORS
.UR sandeen@redhat.com
Eric Sandeen
@@ -117,12 +6,3 @@ Eric Sandeen
.UR kzak@redhat.com
Karel Zak
.UE
-.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR fallocate (2),
-.BR posix_fallocate (3),
-.BR truncate (1)
-.SH AVAILABILITY
-The fallocate command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
-.UR ftp://\:ftp.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/utils\:/util-linux/
-Linux Kernel Archive
-.UE .