Re: File holes in Linux

2010-09-29 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2010-09-29, Ned Deily wrote: >, > Tom Potts wrote: >> Hi, all. I'm not sure if this is a bug report, a feature request or what, >> so I'm posting it here first to see what people make of it. I was copying >> over a large number of files using shutil, and I noticed that the final >> files we

Re: File holes in Linux

2010-09-29 Thread Christian Heimes
Am 29.09.2010 11:05, schrieb Tom Potts: > A quick `ls -sl filehole.test' will show that the created file actually > takes up about 980k, rather than the 0 bytes expected. > > If anyone can let me know if this is indeed a bug or feature request, how to > get around it, or where to take it next, I'd

Re: File holes in Linux

2010-09-29 Thread Ned Deily
In article , Tom Potts wrote: > Hi, all. I'm not sure if this is a bug report, a feature request or what, > so I'm posting it here first to see what people make of it. I was copying > over a large number of files using shutil, and I noticed that the final > files were taking up a lot more spac

File holes in Linux

2010-09-29 Thread Tom Potts
Hi, all. I'm not sure if this is a bug report, a feature request or what, so I'm posting it here first to see what people make of it. I was copying over a large number of files using shutil, and I noticed that the final files were taking up a lot more space than the originals; a bit more investig