Hi there, I have files on my HD that contain large amounts of zeroes and I want to convert them into sparse files. I already tried the GNU fileutils with their cp command. They say that it converts standard files into sparse files by using the command "cp --sparse=always c:\test.cfg c:\test2.cfg"
Everything works fine with that cp command, except the fact that I do not get a sparse file. Even when I copy a sparse file, the sparse attribute is no longer present in the copy an the occupied space on my HD is the same as with the original file. What am I doing wrong? I tried already different PCs with NTFS (OS = Win2k SP4) Your help and assistance would be appreciated very much. Thanks and regards, Rolf _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
