On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 11:09:31PM +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > It's not possible to set this attribute once a file has data in it, it's
> > not retroactive. You'll need to duplicate the file, in that same directory.
> > Because the directory has the attribute now, the duplicate will inherit the
> > attribute.
> 
> That's somewhat painful as the file is over 900GB and will need to be
> copied to another drive and then back again, but thanks anyway.

Can you use `cp --reflink=always`?


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