On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 10:08:56PM -0000, Max Bowsher wrote: >Two things - First: > >Please, please don't make this the default! Once a file is sparsified, it >cannot be unsparsified except by copying the contents to a new file! This >seems like an optimization for a corner case is trying to cause a global >change.
Why is it a big deal if a file is sparse? I don't get it. In 99% of the cases this won't be a big deal. In the cases where it is a big deal, cygwin will be operating more like UNIX. >And: > >FSCTL_SET_SPARSE, used in the patch, is *not defined* in current w32api !!! Calm down: 2003-02-17 Vaclav Haisman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * include/winioctl.h (FSCTL_SET_SPARSE): Define. cgf