T. Horsnell wrote:
Because detecting sparse files is "expensive". For files with only a few holes (sparely sparse?) it may be deemed cheaper to waste a few blocks on the drive rather than the CPU time to handle it "properly".rsync and tar offer the -S switch for 'handling sparse files efficiently'. But when would I ever want to handle them INefficiently? i.e. why doesnt it do this automatically? Cheers, Terry.
Jeff
