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2009-03-25 Tatsuhiro Tsujikawa <t-tujikawa@users.sourceforge.net> 

Documented 'falloc' in man page.
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2009-03-25 Tatsuhiro Tsujikawa <t-tujikawa@users.sourceforge.net>
Documented 'falloc' in man page.
* doc/aria2c.1.txt
2009-03-25 Tatsuhiro Tsujikawa <t-tujikawa@users.sourceforge.net>
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.\" Title: aria2c
.\" Author:
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.73.2 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
.\" Date: 03/22/2009
.\" Date: 03/25/2009
.\" Manual:
.\" Source:
.\"
.TH "ARIA2C" "1" "03/22/2009" "" ""
.TH "ARIA2C" "1" "03/25/2009" "" ""
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\fInone\fR
doesn\'t pre\-allocate file space\&.
\fIprealloc\fR
pre\-allocates file space before download begins\&. This may take some time depending on the size of the file\&. Default:
pre\-allocates file space before download begins\&. This may take some time depending on the size of the file\&. If you are using newer file systems such as ext4 (with extents support), btrfs or xfs,
\fIfalloc\fR
is your best choice\&. It allocates large(few GiB) files almost instantly\&. Don\'t use
\fIfalloc\fR
with legacy file systems such as ext3 because it takes almost same time as
\fIprealloc\fR
and it blocks aria2 entirely until allocation finishes\&.
\fIfalloc\fR
may not be available if your system doesn\'t have
\fBposix_fallocate\fR() function\&. Default:
\fIprealloc\fR
.RE
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<em>none</em> doesn't pre-allocate file space. <em>prealloc</em> pre-allocates file space
before download begins. This may take some time depending on the size of the
file.
If you are using newer file systems such as ext4
(with extents support), btrfs or xfs, <em>falloc</em> is
your best choice. It allocates large(few GiB)
files almost instantly. Don't use <em>falloc</em> with
legacy file systems such as ext3 because it takes
almost same time as <em>prealloc</em> and it blocks aria2
entirely until allocation finishes. <em>falloc</em> may
not be available if your system doesn't have
<strong>posix_fallocate</strong>() function.
Default: <em>prealloc</em>
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'select'.
*--file-allocation*=METHOD::
Specify file allocation method. METHOD is either 'none' or 'prealloc'.
'none' doesn't pre-allocate file space. 'prealloc' pre-allocates file space
before download begins. This may take some time depending on the size of the
file.
If you are using newer file systems such as ext4
(with extents support), btrfs or xfs, 'falloc' is
your best choice. It allocates large(few GiB)
files almost instantly. Don't use 'falloc' with
legacy file systems such as ext3 because it takes
almost same time as 'prealloc' and it blocks aria2
entirely until allocation finishes. 'falloc' may
not be available if your system doesn't have
*posix_fallocate*() function.
Default: 'prealloc'
*--log-level*=LEVEL::