On Friday 07 September 2007 10:40:15 am Luke -Jr wrote: > I don't believe it's possible to make holes in sparse files explicitly. > The libc/OS only support it transparently when you jump to the end of a > file and begin writing there.
Actually, I believe it should finally show up in the 2.6.23 kernel. Look for fadvise(FA_DEALLOCATE) http://lwn.net/Articles/226710/ Rob -- "One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code." - Ken Thompson.
