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Is posix_fallocate() a possible candidate for POSIX.pm inclusion?

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From:
Joshua Hoblitt
Date:
March 18, 2008 15:29
Subject:
Is posix_fallocate() a possible candidate for POSIX.pm inclusion?
Message ID:
20080318221524.GF20199@ifa.hawaii.edu
Hi Folks,

Is it reasonable to add [posix_]fallocate to POSIX.pm or is niche enough
that it needs to be in it's own module?  If your not aware of it, this
system call is pretty nifty when handling lots of huge files.  It
potentially lets the filesystem "reserve" continuous blocks so you don't
end up with a fragmenting a new file while writing it out for the first
time.

-J

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