writing large files quickly
Robert Kern
robert.kern at gmail.com
Fri Jan 27 15:59:14 EST 2006
rbt wrote:
> Hmmm... when I copy the file to a different drive, it takes up
> 409,600,000 bytes. Also, an md5 checksum on the generated file and on
> copies placed on other drives are the same. It looks like a regular, big
> file... I don't get it.
google("sparse files")
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Robert Kern
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