Um 00:09 Uhr am 16.06.06 schrieb Steve Kemp:
> On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 01:04:10AM +0200, Sven Hartge wrote:
>> Space is allocated when needed. I want all images to occupy exactly the
>> amount of space which a completly full image would need.
> OK that sounds reasonable.
Right now I use rsync to move my images around, so they would get blown up
to the full size during such a move. (Yes, I know rsync is able to try to
handle sparc files efficiently, but this has never worked for me reliable
so far.)
>> Long story short: I'd like to have a config option to switch between
>> sparse and "solid" images.
> So something like: images=[ sparse | full ] ?
Right.
> I guess this is just a matter of setting "count=xx" for full images
> and "seek=xx" for sparse ones appropriately?
Yes, I think so.
S°
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Received on Fri Jun 16 2006 - 00:11:38 BST