Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:11:14 +0200 From: Ruben de Groot <fbsd-q@bzerk.org> To: Danny.Carroll@mail.ing.nl Cc: mburke@isn.net, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bug in Zoo? Or is it in ls or ffs? Message-ID: <20020813141114.GA2147@ei.bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <6C506EA550443D44A061432F1E92EA4C6C5433@ing.com> References: <6C506EA550443D44A061432F1E92EA4C6C5433@ing.com>
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On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 04:02:26PM +0200, Danny.Carroll@mail.ing.nl typed: > Is this not a bug in ls or ffs as well then? > Regardless of what Zoo does, should not the OS remain sane? The OS is fine. Sparse files have been a feature of Unix filesystems for a long time. zoo creates one accidentally. That's a bug. > > -D > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Burke [mailto:mburke@isn.net] > Sent: dinsdag 13 augustus 2002 15:59 > To: stable@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Re: Bug in Zoo? Or is it in ls or ffs? > > > On Tue, 2002-08-13 at 10:43, Danny Carroll wrote: > > As you can see the size is not taken up in disk space so I suspect the > > bug is in ls. DU, DF and the left hand column of LS looks OK. > > > > --output-- > > Looks like you're getting a sparse file -- a large file that actually > takes up little space. It's created by a program seeking beyond the end > of the file but not writing anything (I may be off a bit, but this is > how I understand it). The reported size of the file is large, but it > doesn't take up that much space, which is why df suggests that it's not > significant. > > Although I've never used zoo, it's probably a bug there. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ATTENTION: > The information in this electronic mail message is private and > confidential, and only intended for the addressee. Should you > receive this message by mistake, you are hereby notified that > any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or use of this > message is strictly prohibited. Please inform the sender by > reply transmission and delete the message without copying or > opening it. > > Messages and attachments are scanned for all viruses known. > If this message contains password-protected attachments, the > files have NOT been scanned for viruses by the ING mail domain. > Always scan attachments before opening them. > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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