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SubjectRe: O_DIRECT question
Bodo Eggert wrote:

> (*) This would allow fadvise_size(), too, which could reduce fragmentation
> (and give an early warning on full disks) without forcing e.g. fat to
> zero all blocks. OTOH, fadvise_size() would allow users to reserve the
> complete disk space without his filesizes reflecting this.

Please clarify how this would interact with quota, and why it wouldn't
allow someone to run me out of disk.

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bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
CTO TMR Associates, Inc
Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979
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