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Re: report


From: Bob Proulx
Subject: Re: report
Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 15:40:51 -0700
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ojola odeny wrote:
> [help output for sparse files deleted.]
>   I dont understand this can you help me go about it. My work is not ok

Filesystems may represent sparse files as a disjoint set of blocks of
data.  Extended runs of null bytes are not written to the file.  This
is often referred to as holes in the file.  But the data is not
missing, just not represented and the hole is intentional.

Bob




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