Re: BTRFS file clone support for cp

[Giuseppe Scrivano]

Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:

>> ..., a cloned partially-sparse file on btrfs takes less
>> space than a fully-sparse copied file.
>
> That is not true.  A fully-sparse file takes less space
> than a partially-sparse one.

Sorry I wasn't clear, I wanted to say that a cloned file in any case
take less space than really copying it.


> Adding this optimization should not change the meaning of
> --sparse=always.

So do you want to use it only when --sparse=auto is used?

Cheers,
Giuseppe