fallocate(1) - Linux manual page

FALLOCATE(1) User Commands FALLOCATE(1) NAME topfallocate - preallocate or deallocate space to a file SYNOPSIS topfallocate [-c|-p|-z] [-o offset] -l length [-n] filename fallocate -d [-o offset] [-l length] filename fallocate -x [-o offset] -l length filename DESCRIPTION topfallocate is used to manipulate the allocated disk space for a file, either to deallocate or preallo