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fallocate: Refer reader to posix_fallocate(3) for portable interface 

Add a para to start of page that points out that this is the
low-level, Linux-specific API, and point the reader to posix_fallocate(3)
for the portable API.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ fallocate \- manipulate file space
.fi
.\" FIXME . check later what feature text macros are required in glibc
.SH DESCRIPTION
This is a non-portable, Linux-specific system call.
For the portable, POSIX.1-specified method of ensuring that space
is allocated for a file, see
.BR posix_fallocate ().
.BR fallocate ()
allows the caller to directly manipulate the allocated disk space
for the file referred to by