respond to get file size

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@@ -435,6 +435,12 @@ filesize=int       Individual file sizes. May be a range, in which case fio
                and limited to 'size' in total (if that is given). If not
                given, each created file is the same size.
 
+file_append=bool       Perform IO after the end of the file. Normally fio will
+               operate within the size of a file. If this option is set, then
+               fio will append to the file instead. This has identical
+               behavior to setting offset to the size of a file. This option
+               is ignored on non-regular files.
+
 fill_device=bool
 fill_fs=bool   Sets size to something really large and waits for ENOSPC (no
                space left on device) as the terminating condition. Only makes