On Fri, 2006-03-03 at 12:56 -0500, Phillip Susi wrote:
> Aren't there already apis to query for the holes in the file,
Yes, but they are filesystem-specific. (I think only XFS has them at
this point.)
> and doesn't tar already use them to efficiently back up sparse files?
No (at least, not in GNU tar 1.15.1).
--
Nicholas Miell <[email protected]>
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