respond to get file size

[fio.git] / HOWTO

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@@ -438,7 +438,8 @@ filesize=int        Individual file sizes. May be a range, in which case fio
 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.
+               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