The function
posix_fallocate()
ensures that disk space is allocated for the file referred to by the
descriptor
fd
for the bytes in the range starting at
offset
and continuing for
len
bytes.
After a successful call to
posix_fallocate(),
subsequent writes to bytes in the specified range are
guaranteed not to fail because of lack of disk space.
If the size of the file is less than
offset+len,
then the file is increased to this size;
otherwise the file size is left unchanged.
RETURN VALUE
posix_fallocate()
returns zero on success, or an error number on failure.
Note that
errno
is not set.
ERRORS
EBADF
fd
is not a valid file descriptor, or is not opened for writing.
EFBIG
offset+len
exceeds the maximum file size.
EINVAL
offset
or
len
was less than 0.
ENODEV
fd
does not refer to a regular file.
ENOSPC
There is not enough space left on the device containing the file
referred to by
fd.
ESPIPE
fd
refers to a pipe of file descriptor.
VERSIONS
posix_fallocate()
is available since glibc 2.1.94.
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