On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Basically anything that is filled in over time, or filled in sparsely, > could potentially benefit. I think the word "sparsely" here is confusing me. This function preallocates disk space, right? So I wouldn't want to use it for a file that I expect to be a "sparse file" throughout most or all of its lifetime, because then I would be forcing zero-filled blocks onto the disk. Can you explain what you meant by "filled in sparsely"? -- Jerry James http://loganjerry.googlepages.com/ -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
