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POSIX_FALLOCATE(3P)					     POSIX Programmer's Manual					       POSIX_FALLOCATE(3P)

PROLOG
       This  manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the correspond-
       ing Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME
       posix_fallocate - file space control (ADVANCED REALTIME)

SYNOPSIS
       #include <fcntl.h>

       int posix_fallocate(int fd, off_t offset, size_t len);

DESCRIPTION
       The posix_fallocate() function shall ensure that any required storage for regular file data starting at offset and continuing for len bytes
       is  allocated  on  the  file  system storage media. If posix_fallocate() returns successfully, subsequent writes to the specified file data
       shall not fail due to the lack of free space on the file system storage media.

       If the offset+ len is beyond the current file size, then posix_fallocate() shall adjust the file size to offset+ len. Otherwise,  the  file
       size shall not be changed.

       It is implementation-defined whether a previous posix_fadvise() call influences allocation strategy.

       Space  allocated  via posix_fallocate() shall be freed by a successful call to creat() or open() that truncates the size of the file. Space
       allocated via posix_fallocate() may be freed by a successful call to ftruncate() that reduces the file size to a size smaller than  offset+
       len.

RETURN VALUE
       Upon successful completion, posix_fallocate() shall return zero; otherwise, an error number shall be returned to indicate the error.

ERRORS
       The posix_fallocate() function shall fail if:

       EBADF  The fd argument is not a valid file descriptor.

       EBADF  The fd argument references a file that was opened without write permission.

       EFBIG  The value of offset+ len is greater than the maximum file size.

       EINTR  A signal was caught during execution.

       EINVAL The len argument was zero or the offset argument was less than zero.

       EIO    An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to a file system.

       ENODEV The fd argument does not refer to a regular file.

       ENOSPC There is insufficient free space remaining on the file system storage media.

       ESPIPE The fd argument is associated with a pipe or FIFO.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES
       None.

APPLICATION USAGE
       The posix_fallocate() function is part of the Advisory Information option and need not be provided on all implementations.

RATIONALE
       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.

SEE ALSO
       creat(), ftruncate(), open(), unlink(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <fcntl.h>

COPYRIGHT
       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technol-
       ogy -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
       Electrical  and	Electronics  Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE
       and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can  be  obtained
       online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

IEEE
/The Open Group						       2003						       POSIX_FALLOCATE(3P)