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"cp,install,mv will convert smaller runs of NULs in the input to holes" Does this imply that --sparce=always is default now?
by jakeogh 11y ago
"cp,install,mv will convert smaller runs of NULs in the input to holes"
Does this imply that --sparce=always is default now?
- pixelbeat 11y agoNo, just that sparsification will work better. 1. cp will detect holes < 128KiB 2. cp --sparse=always it will avoid speculative preallocation used on file systems like XFS, which can have a significant impact on sparsification.