Messages in this thread | | | From | Systemkennung Linux <> | Subject | Re: Ext2fs and hashed table. | Date | Thu, 5 Jun 1997 11:01:41 +0200 (MET DST) |
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> Yes, sparse files make a lot of sense. > > Except for the administrator of a machine with evil users who > purposesly make files with huge holes in them, the volume gets backed > up to tape using tar and fits, he tries to restore it later and lo and > behold the disk lacks the room for the files. Classic problem.
GNU tar option --sparse / -S handles sparse files.
Ralf
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