On 2013-12-10 09:49 (GMT+0100) Bernhard Voelker composed:
Felix Miata wrote:
AFAICT, sparse is about transfer speed, not ultimate space consumption.
au contraire, my friend!
$ truncate -s 10T file
$ ls -ldog file -rw-r--r-- 1 10995116277760 Dec 10 09:46 file
$ du -h file 0 file
$ du -h --apparent-size file 10T file
$ df -h --output=source,size,used file Filesystem Size Used /dev/sdb 9.8G 5.7G
Too terse for my comprehension. (I've never had an encounter with truncate before.) -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org