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 ke
On Thursday 06 September 2007, Lapo Luchini wrote:
> I noticed that cow adds space also if the written data is the same as
> the one it was there already.
> Is there a reason why checking it would be bad/difficult/slow/other?
> Simply no one had the will to code the check?
Simply that your operati
I noticed that cow adds space also if the written data is the same as
the one it was there already.
Is there a reason why checking it would be bad/difficult/slow/other?
Simply no one had the will to code the check?
I ask because for shrinking drives I usually create big zero-filled
files... and th
