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Date:      Tue, 10 Jun 1997 14:09:32 -0700
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        Gilles Bruno <Gilles.Bruno@ujf-grenoble.fr>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: mmap() question... 
Message-ID:  <13190.865976972@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 10 Jun 1997 12:39:48 %2B0200." <2.2.32.19970610103948.008c4cdc@adm.ujf-grenoble.fr> 

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>         -rw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel  4294967304 Jan 28 12:04
> SHARE_MEM_FILE.processes


sparse file - as you say, it only actually eats up 32k.

> It would disturb me, if this directory had to be BACKED UP (using
> dump/amanda)... 

Why?  Both dump and tar handle sparse files properly (try it! :-).

					Jordan



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