NAME

sfsadmin expand file - allocates more disk space for the primary area of the specified file

SYNOPSIS

sfsadmin expand file -server servername filename npages

ARGUMENTS

-server servername Specifies the name of the file server. The name must be registered with the DCE Directory Service. If the -server option is not specified, the default is the server defined by the environment variable ENCINA_SFS_SERVER. 

filename Specifies the name of the file to be expanded. 

npages Specifies the number of pages of disk space to be added.  The size of a page is 4096 bytes. 

DESCRIPTION

The sfsadmin expand file command allocates more disk space to the primary area of the specified file. Disk space to be allocated is expressed in pages. Note that the amount of disk space allocated may not exactly equal the expansion request. This is because the SFS rounds expansion requests up to the nearest convenient value. 

EXAMPLE

The following command allocates 500 additional pages of disk space to the file Inventory :

% sfsadmin expand file Inventory 500

PRIVILEGE REQUIRED

Encina SFS administer (A) and exclusive open (E) permissions on the file

RELATED INFORMATION

sfsadmin copy file

sfsadmin destroy file

sfsadmin empty file

sfsadmin query file

sfsadmin query lvol

sfsadmin rename file

  —  March 1997