Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 15:22:36 +0200 From: Ian FREISLICH <if@hetzner.co.za> To: SanD <sand@links.ru> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NEW TAR Message-ID: <E1BndWu-000Bqw-00@hetzner.co.za> In-Reply-To: Message from SanD <sand@links.ru> <200407221325.i6MDPhqL024040@aaz.links.ru>
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SanD wrote: > Ian wrote: > > How does dump handle sparse files? > Dump handles fine sparse files. Maybe I should have asked how does dump figure out that the files are sparse and if it's any more intelligent than a 2 pass read (I have no idea why 2 passes are required) or just blindly turning successive zeros into a seek offset, is there anything preventing BSD tar from doing the same? Ian -- Ian Freislich
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