Re: O_DIRECT question

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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 <[email protected]>
  CTO TMR Associates, Inc
  Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979
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