Re: Is there a "make hole" (truncate in middle) syscall?

[Jörn Engel]

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.

Jörn

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