public long [ ] allocNew ( int nrClusters ) throws IOException { final long rc [ ] = new long [ nrClusters ] ; rc [ 0 ] = allocNew ( ) ; for ( int i = 1 ; i < nrClusters ; i ++ ) { rc [ i ] = allocAppend ( rc [ i - 1 ] ) ; } return rc ; }
Allocate a series of clusters for a new file .