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@@ -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>