On Thu, 25 May 2000, peter swain wrote:
> i don't recall *which* unix provides this functionality (solaris? irix?
> ...)
> but it's out there -- someone has spliced it in as a fcntl().
> fcntl(fd, FCNTL_DEALLOC_or_something, struct flock*);
> uses a flock-style byte range specifier to punch a hole in the file.
> It's cute.
A Solaris box here has such an fcntl: F_FREESP is the option, and it
takes a struct flock that specifies the region (aren't Solaris manpages
online?). Might be worth investigating for 2.5.
-ben
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