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authorFabian Frederick2016-11-15 19:52:26 +0100
committerKarel Zak2016-12-02 13:56:32 +0100
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fallocate: add insert range support
Based on patch 83cc932d7412 ("fallocate: introduce an option -c to support COLLAPSE_RANGE") This patch includes FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE flag added to Linux kernel v4.1 Thanks to Pádraig Brady for insert range definition Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@skynet.be>
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@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ 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 \-i , " \-\-insert\-range"
+Insert a hole of \fIlength\fR bytes from \fIoffset\fR, shifting existing data.
+.TP
.BR \-l , " \-\-length " \fIlength
Specifies the length of the range, in bytes.
.TP