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Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 01:52:33 -0700
From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
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To: dak <aurelien.nephtali@wanadoo.fr>
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Subject: Re: [FS BUG] How to easily corrupt an UFS file system with user access 
 and big fake files.
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dak wrote:
[ ... ]

Uh, do a web search for the phrase "sparse files".

Short answer: this is a feature, not a bug.

-- Terry

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