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Old 09-24-2008
URGENT! How to copy with holes?
I need to write a program that reads in data from a file with holes and copy the file.
the cp command copies the file but the holes use disk blocks then;
but when this progrm copies the file the new file should not have hose extra blocks.
the file should be copied with holes.


PLZZ help!
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Old 09-24-2008
The Linux cp command has an option --sparse=auto which should do what you want.
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Old 09-24-2008
I have no solution but am very curious what the point of doing this is? What do you mean by holes?
 
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