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diff --git a/docs/htmldocs/manpages/vfs_prealloc.8.html b/docs/htmldocs/manpages/vfs_prealloc.8.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d1f53f9edd --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/htmldocs/manpages/vfs_prealloc.8.html @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>vfs_prealloc</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.71.0"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en"><a name="vfs_prealloc.8"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>vfs_prealloc — preallocate matching files to a predetermined size</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="literal">vfs objects = prealloc</code></p></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id291819"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p>This VFS module is part of the + <a href="samba.7.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">samba</span>(7)</span></a> suite.</p><p>The <code class="literal">vfs_prealloc</code> VFS module preallocates + files to a specified size each time a new file is created. This + is useful in environments where files are of a predetermined + size will be written to a disk subsystem where extending file + allocations is expensive. </p><p>This module is stackable.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id259323"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">prealloc:EXT = BYTES</span></dt><dd><p>Preallocate all files with the extension EXT to + the size specified by BYTES. + </p><p>The following suffixes may be applied to BYTES:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p><code class="literal">K</code> - BYTES is a number of kilobytes</p></li><li><p><code class="literal">M</code> - BYTES is a number of megabytes</p></li><li><p><code class="literal">G</code> - BYTES is a number of gigabytes</p></li></ul></div></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id259594"></a><h2>EXAMPLES</h2><p>A process writes TIFF files to a Samba share, and the + is known these files will almost always be around 4 megabytes + (4194304 bytes): </p><pre class="programlisting"> + <em class="parameter"><code>[frames]</code></em> + <a class="indexterm" name="id259364"></a>path = /data/frames + <a class="indexterm" name="id259371"></a>vfs objects = prealloc + <a class="indexterm" name="id259378"></a>prealloc:tiff = 4M +</pre></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id259387"></a><h2>CAVEATS</h2><p><code class="literal">vfs_prealloc</code> is not supported on all + platforms and filesystems. Currently only XFS filesystems on + Linux and IRIX are supported. + </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id259403"></a><h2>VERSION</h2><p>This man page is correct for version 3.0.25 of the Samba suite. + </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id259413"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2><p>The original Samba software and related utilities + were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed + by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar + to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</p></div></div></body></html> |