Re: SEEK_HOLE and SEEK_DATA for sparse files any takers?
On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 02:38:36AM +0100, Pedro F Giffuni wrote: Hi; From http://blogs.sun.com/bonwick/date/200512 At this writing, SEEK_HOLE and SEEK_DATA are Solaris-specific. I encourage (implore? beg?) other operating systems to adopt these lseek(2) extensions verbatim (100% tax-free) so that sparse file navigation becomes a ubiquitous feature that every backup and archiving program can rely on. It's long overdue. It should be mentioned that linux adopted them and they would help the ZFS port. I've some starting code for this and I'm planning to implement them, at least for ZFS. -- Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheel.pl [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! pgpu3L8mZGSH6.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: SEEK_HOLE and SEEK_DATA for sparse files any takers?
--- Pawel Jakub Dawidek [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: ... I've some starting code for this and I'm planning to implement them, at least for ZFS. Thanks! I recall from previous postings on this list that it's a feature desired on UFS + BSDtar too. Pedro. __ Do You Yahoo!? Poco spazio e tanto spam? Yahoo! Mail ti protegge dallo spam e ti da tanto spazio gratuito per i tuoi file e i messaggi http://mail.yahoo.it ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SEEK_HOLE and SEEK_DATA for sparse files any takers?
Hi; From http://blogs.sun.com/bonwick/date/200512 At this writing, SEEK_HOLE and SEEK_DATA are Solaris-specific. I encourage (implore? beg?) other operating systems to adopt these lseek(2) extensions verbatim (100% tax-free) so that sparse file navigation becomes a ubiquitous feature that every backup and archiving program can rely on. It's long overdue. It should be mentioned that linux adopted them and they would help the ZFS port. cheers, Pedro __ Do You Yahoo!? Poco spazio e tanto spam? Yahoo! Mail ti protegge dallo spam e ti da tanto spazio gratuito per i tuoi file e i messaggi http://mail.yahoo.it ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
