Linux and fallocate() allows precisely this - we use this to "log locally" for applications, and a "tail this asap and publish to kafka then delete locally" hel

Linux and fallocate() allows precisely this - we use this to "log locally" for applications, and a "tail this asap and publish to kafka then delete locally" helper. See ( https://gist.github.com/minaguib/1cbe29922b06d50755a2f580b8c343fa https://gist.github.com/minaguib/1cbe29922b06d50755a2f580b8c... ) for some test notes I took a couple of years ago.