@node fallocate
@subsection @code{fallocate}
@findex fallocate

Gnulib module: ---

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
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Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on older glibc versions and all non-glibc platforms:
Mac OS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 11 2011-11, Cygwin, mingw, MSVC 9, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
@item
On platforms where @code{off_t} is a 32-bit type, this function may not
work correctly across the entire data range of files larger than 2 GB.
The fix is to use the @code{AC_SYS_LARGEFILE} macro.
@end itemize
