Jeff Vian wrote:
It would surprise me if rpm did not know that and be able to reserve space for the file to be placed as soon as each file begins to be extracted. Especially since rpm (some versions at least) does a check of the file it extracts to verify it is intact.
There is no mechanism for requesting that space be reserved for a file. The ext2/ext3 file system code does pre-allocate some number of blocks when new space is needed to accommodate a write(), and that reduces the liklihood of tiny fragments. Beyond that, there is simply no way to do what you suggest. -- Bob Nichols Yes, "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address.
