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DateTue, 03 Mar 1998 08:47:12 +0200
FromItai Nahshon <>
SubjectRe: Big files in ext2fs (but not i_osync)
Albert D. Cahalan wrote:
> 
> Less complicated:
> Because of the block groups, fragments will always contain less
> than 2**16 blocks. Correct? The 12 direct pointers are enough
> space for 8 extents if you skip the file offset information.
> The file offset information can be skipped since a linear search
> through 8 extents is not too bad.

Maybe, but it does not allow any form of sparse files!

Itai

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Itai Nahshon   nahshon@actcom.co.il
        Also   nahshon@vnet.ibm.com

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