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Subject: Re: Is there a "make hole" (truncate in middle) syscall?
From: Vladimir Saveliev <vs@namesys.com>
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On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 16:43, Jörn Engel wrote:
> On Fri, 12 December 2003 16:28:18 +0300, Vladimir Saveliev wrote:
> > 
> > Sorry,
> > but doesn't truncate do almost exactly what "make hole" is supposed to
> > do?
> 
> Yeah, *almost* exactly.  Some people happen to care about the almost.
> 

I meant: where are those tons of problems (except for the fact that
"make hole" is obviously something without which one can live just
fine)? 

> Jörn