NEW TAR

[Ian FREISLICH]

Garrett Wollman wrote:
> <<On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 17:14:27 +0200, Daniel Lang <dl at leo.org> said:
> 
> > I do not see, why it is important if the original file was sparse
> > at all or maybe in different places.
> 
> You've never run out of disk space as a result of a sparse file
> becoming non-sparse?

So, are you arguing for or against tar converting files into sparse
files where it can as Daniel proposes?

I have heard stories about D.O.S. attacking backups by creating a
large sparse file that would be backed up using tar.  Daniel's
proposal would be a boon in this instance.

How does dump handle sparse files?

Ian

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Ian Freislich