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Patch for #1586414 to avoid fragmentation on Windows #44180
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Add a call to file.truncate() to inform Windows of the |
Logged In: YES Is this merely an NTFS problem or is it the same with FAT fs? |
Logged In: YES I have not really tested FAT/FAT32 yet as I don't use these The Disk Defragmenter tool in Windows 2000/XP shows the number of NTFS does handle growing files, but the operating system can only do Some details of the cluster allocation algorithm used in Windows can |
Logged In: YES Personally, I think disk defragmenters are evil ;-) They I think your proposal is some kind of a performance hack for I admit that it is a small patch, but I'm -1 on having this |
Logged In: YES I disagree with user gustaebel. We should be adding |
Logged In: YES You both still fail to convince me and I still don't see On Linux for example there is a plethora of supported So, IMO this is a very special optimization targeted at a BTW, I like my files to grow bit by bit. In case of an |
Any progress on this one? |
Closed due to lack of interest. |
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