+pre-allocation methods except \fBtruncate\fR are available, \fBnone\fR if not.
+.P
+Note that using \fBtruncate\fR on Windows will interact surprisingly
+with non-sequential write patterns. When writing to a file that has
+been extended by setting the end-of-file information, Windows will
+backfill the unwritten portion of the file up to that offset with
+zeroes before issuing the new write. This means that a single small
+write to the end of an extended file will stall until the entire
+file has been filled with zeroes.