linux - fallocate() command equivalent in OS X?

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asked Oct 24, 2021 in Technique[技术] by 深蓝 (71.8m points)

Is there a fallocate() equivalent in OS X?

I would like to aggregate all of those equivalent in OS X questions into some doc/table or whatever for everyone. Anybody knows something familiar?

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深蓝 · Answer 1 · 2021-10-23T19:36:15+0000

What about using:

mkfile -n 1m test.tmp

It's not the same command but serves the same purpose.

Note that fallocate uses decimal multipliers, whereas mkfile uses binary multipliers.