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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: [Q] moving sparse
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>how should i move a file with "holes" from one machine to another.

	tar Scf - file ... | (cd $destdir; tar pxf -)

>but how do i transfer these from machine to machine?  ftp inflates
>them to full size.  ack!

tar first.

Bruce