From: Mark Geisert <mark@maxrnd.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: /usr/bin/fallocate -v -d -l 2 myfile takes forever
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2024 23:56:03 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e01112b1-a8c9-4aa9-a5a2-5827187106dd@maxrnd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALXu0UeXUwCjY+WVwXA2X68XGEcm63SPPOPQtO-ZiDKFqXYW5w@mail.gmail.com>
On 1/28/2024 10:44 PM, Cedric Blancher via Cygwin wrote:
> Good morning!
>
> rm -f myfile
> touch myfile
> /usr/bin/fallocate -v -d -l myfile takes forever with latest Cygwin 3.5
^ length goes here, before filename
I believe you need to
chattr +S myfile
after the 'touch' to make the file sparsifiable.
Also, I'm unsure if '-d' makes sense when initially allocating a sparse
file. If I leave it off, fallocate does the right thing.
I'm separately investigating the 'takes forever' report.
..mark
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-01-29 7:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-01-29 6:44 Cedric Blancher
2024-01-29 7:56 ` Mark Geisert [this message]
2024-01-29 9:45 ` Mark Geisert
2024-03-05 8:46 ` Cedric Blancher
2024-03-05 10:43 ` Mark Geisert
2024-03-08 9:43 ` Mark Geisert
2024-03-05 11:04 ` Mark Geisert
2024-01-29 8:32 ` Brian Inglis
2024-01-29 10:39 ` Cedric Blancher
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