Re: OT: why no file copy() libc/syscall ??

From: Andreas Schwab
Date: Sat Nov 22 2003 - 18:16:15 EST


Jamie Lokier <jamie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Pavel Machek wrote:
>> > It is, though. If you run out of space copying a file, you know it when
>> > you're copying. Applications don't usually expect to get out-of-space
>> > errors while overwriting something in the middle of a file.
>>
>> Same can happen on compressed filesystem...
>
> Or a filesystem with snapshots, e.g. using LVM.

Or writing to a sparse file.

Andreas.

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