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Diffstat (limited to 'sys-utils/fallocate.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | sys-utils/fallocate.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sys-utils/fallocate.c b/sys-utils/fallocate.c index e5c149bb5..d950f9c57 100644 --- a/sys-utils/fallocate.c +++ b/sys-utils/fallocate.c @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static void __attribute__((__noreturn__)) usage(FILE *out) fputs(_(" -l, --length <num> length of the (de)allocation, in bytes\n"), out); fputs(_(" -n, --keep-size don't modify the length of the file\n"), out); fputs(_(" -o, --offset <num> offset of the (de)allocation, in bytes\n"), out); - fputs(_(" -p, --punch-hole punch holes in the file\n"), out); + fputs(_(" -p, --punch-hole punch holes in the file (implies --keep-size)\n"), out); fputs(_(" -z, --zero-range zeroes a range in the file\n"), out); fputs(_(" -v, --verbose verbose mode\n"), out); @@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) } } if (dig) { + /* for --dig-holes the default is analyze all file */ if (mode != 0) errx(EXIT_FAILURE, _("Can't use other modes with --dig-holes")); @@ -334,6 +335,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) if (length < 0) errx(EXIT_FAILURE, _("invalid length value specified")); } else { + /* it's safer to require the range specification (--length --offset) */ if (length == -2LL) errx(EXIT_FAILURE, _("no length argument specified")); if (length <= 0) @@ -343,8 +345,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) errx(EXIT_FAILURE, _("invalid offset value specified")); if (optind == argc) errx(EXIT_FAILURE, _("no filename specified.")); - if (mode & ~(FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE | FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE)) - errx(EXIT_FAILURE, _("only -n mode can be used with " + + if ((mode & FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE) && + (mode & ~(FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE | FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE))) + errx(EXIT_FAILURE, _("only --keep-size mode can be used with " "--zero-range")); filename = argv[optind++]; |