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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

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Ian Freislich