https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11588
--- Comment #7 from Wayne Davison <way...@samba.org> --- Created attachment 12556 --> https://bugzilla.samba.org/attachment.cgi?id=12556&action=edit Preliminary patch to support punching holes In my testing, using both a pre-allocate call on a file followed by a hole-punch call has no effect on the allocation of the blocks (though it does zero them). I tested --sparse and --inplace with this, and it worked fine on one system (with a new enough linux kernel). There are cases where the sparseness will be lost, though, depending on OS & filesystem. I'm thinking we just update the docs to mention that if you combine --sparse with --inplace (and/or --preallocate) that you might not get the sparseness preserved. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the QA Contact for the bug. -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
