From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264463AbTLEWl5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Dec 2003 17:41:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264494AbTLEWl5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Dec 2003 17:41:57 -0500 Received: from mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net ([151.164.30.28]:15298 "EHLO mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264463AbTLEWlz (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Dec 2003 17:41:55 -0500 Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 14:41:42 -0800 From: Mike Fedyk To: M?ns Rullg?rd Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Is there a "make hole" (truncate in middle) syscall? Message-ID: <20031205224142.GR29119@mis-mike-wstn.matchmail.com> Mail-Followup-To: M?ns Rullg?rd , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200312041432.23907.rob@landley.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 01:11:03PM +0100, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote: > I found this paragraph in the man page of GNU cp: > > --sparse=WHEN > always Always make the output file sparse. This is > useful when the input file resides on a > filesystem that does not support sparse > files, but the output file is on a filesys- > tem that does. So with this, you can create sparse files for an entire set of files by just cping them? :)