preallocate

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File preallocation library

Allocates files efficiently (via syscall) on the following platforms:
- Linux
- Windows
Falls back to writing null bytes

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Package preallocate allocates disk space efficiently via syscall (on supported platforms and filesystems) or by writing null bytes.

Files opened with O_APPEND are not supported.

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const NullBufferSize = 512 * 1024 // 512 KiB

NullBufferSize determines the maximum size of NULL byte blocks written to files when falling back to WriteSeeker.

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func File(file *os.File, size int64) error

File preallocates a file via syscall (when supported) or WriteSeeker.

func TempFile(dir string, pattern string, size int64) (*os.File, error)

TempFile preallocates a temporary file (see File and ioutil.TempFile).

func WriteSeeker(w io.WriteSeeker, size int64) error

WriteSeeker preallocates an io.WriteSeeker by writing null bytes.

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