On 10/23/07, steve y <steveymr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a 2TB sparse file on a xfs partition whose actually size is 2MB. I
> want to copy it to different location on the same partition.
> I am using rsync -S to do so, however it takes very long to copy. Does a
> sparse-aware file copy utility exist. If not, can i write one using xfsctl.
> I need some pointers in that direction.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
Your OT, but I would expect
xfsdump -s <source-pathname> - <filesystem> | xfsrestore -
<destination-pathname>
to be able to do that for you.
I did not verify the syntax, but this should give you a good start.
Greg
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