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diff --git a/sys-utils/fallocate.1 b/sys-utils/fallocate.1 index 653ebfbe4..49523343a 100644 --- a/sys-utils/fallocate.1 +++ b/sys-utils/fallocate.1 @@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ The exit code returned by is 0 on success and 1 on failure. .PP .SH OPTIONS -The \fIlength\fR and \fIoffset\fR arguments may be followed by binary (2^N) -suffixes KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, PiB and EiB (the "iB" is optional, e.g. "K" has the -same meaning as "KiB") or decimal (10^N) suffixes KB, MB, GB, PB and EB. +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, PB, EB, ZB and YB. .IP "\fB\-n, \-\-keep-size\fP" Do not modify the apparent length of the file. This may effectively allocate blocks past EOF, which can be removed with a truncate. |