Pádraig Brady wrote:
> Jim Meyering wrote:
>> what about --ref=non-regular-file ?
> Yes that's safer. st_size is only defined for regular files
> (or shared mem), so I'll only allow regular files.
> I'll push a separate patch soon.
what about --ref=- ?
one wants to have a file with the size
of a partition plus 5G, e.g.
truncate --ref=/dev/sda5 -s +5G myfile
This will fail and will be rejected with such a patch.
So the user could use:
truncate --ref=- -s +5G myfile < /dev/sda5
Just a thought ...
Have a nice day,
Berny
