Linux fallocate Command
In this tutorial we learn how to use fallocate commmand in Linux. fallocate command is fallocate - preallocate or deallocate space to a file
In this tutorial we learn how to use fallocate command in Linux. fallocate command is fallocate - preallocate or deallocate space to a file
fallocate [-c|-p|-z] [-o offset] -l length [-n] filename
fallocate -d [-o offset] [-l length] filename
fallocate -x [-o offset] -l length filename
We can use man
and info
command to see the manual page of fallocate command.
fallocate command also have --help
option to show list of options.
To open man page for fallocate command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q
.
man fallocate
To open info page for fallocate command we can use command below.
info fallocate
To open help page from fallocate command we can run command below.
fallocate --help
You can find fallocate command source code from the folowing repositories:
You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:
In this tutorial we learn how to use fallocate in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.