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Date: Mon, 6 Mar 1995 17:59:36 +1000
From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: jkh@freefall.cdrom.com, taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw
Subject: Re: "Sparse" files?
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>they're installed (or moved elsewhere).  GNU tar also has support for
>this and they probably leave the flag on (--sparse) by default.

I forgot about this flag.  I always use it (if I remember :-), but it
didn't work a minute ago when I tested it.

Bruce