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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml | 12 |
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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml index 536b98b5f5..e30ade1bd2 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml @@ -170,6 +170,18 @@ </desc> </func> <func> + <name name="allocate" arity="3"/> + <fsummary>Allocate file space</fsummary> + <desc> + <p><c>allocate/3</c> can be used to preallocate space for a file.</p> + <p>This function only succeeds in platforms that implement this + feature. When it succeeds, space is preallocated for the file but + the file size might not be updated. This behaviour depends on the + preallocation implementation. To guarantee the file size is updated + one must truncate the file to the new size.</p> + </desc> + </func> + <func> <name name="change_group" arity="2"/> <fsummary>Change group of a file</fsummary> <desc> |