In case you try messing with dd for this, I wanted to make sure that I did not accidentally steer you wrong, my command listed bs=1024 and the blocksize for xfs is 4096 not 1024. This could also be the problem rsync... you might want to try: rsync --sparse --block_size=4096 Karl 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 > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
