11 Apr
2019
11 Apr
'19
2:37 a.m.
When did the Unix filesystem add the semantics for "files with holes" (large,
sparse files)?
Just an idle question that was sparked by a conversation I had today.
Erik <fair(a)clock.org>
11 Apr
11 Apr
5:28 a.m.
Define large? It appears that filesystems going back to Research V4 supported sparse
files. The maximum file size went up from 2**24 in V6 to 2**32 in V7, and then broke
that barrier in several of the subsequent file systems.
On Apr 10, 2019, at 10:37 PM, Erik E. Fair
<fair-tuhs(a)netbsd.org> wrote:
When did the Unix filesystem add the semantics for "files with holes" (large,
sparse files)?
Just an idle question that was sparked by a conversation I had today.
Erik <fair(a)clock.org>
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