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Fix fallocate(1) manpage 

To be honest, I had a little misunderstanding of the fallocate(1)-
utility.
It turns out that it only adds preallocated space if the length
exceeds the size of an already existing file.
No truncation happens.

Thus, I fixed the wording accordingly.
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.Dd September 11, 2015
.Dd September 12, 2015
.Dt FALLOCATE 1
.Os ubase
.Sh NAME
.Nm fallocate
.Nd reallocate files
.Nd preallocate files
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl o Ar num
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.Ar file ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
if necessary creates and reallocates each
if necessary creates and preallocates each
.Ar file
resulting in expansion or truncation.
without truncation.
.sp
Given the filesystem supports
.Xr fallocate 2 ,
it is a very fast method of reallocation.
it is a very fast method of preallocation.
.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl l Ar num
Allocate
Preallocate
.Ar num
bytes.
.It Fl o Ar num