Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 22 Nov 2003 19:50:52 +0000 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: OT: why no file copy() libc/syscall ?? |
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Pavel Machek wrote: > > It is, though. If you run out of space copying a file, you know it when > > you're copying. Applications don't usually expect to get out-of-space > > errors while overwriting something in the middle of a file. > > Same can happen on compressed filesystem...
Or a filesystem with snapshots, e.g. using LVM.
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