Can ext2 or ext3 filesystem manage sparse files? And so, in which way? Does it use extents? Thanks in advance. Daniele
On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 10:06:11AM +0200, Daniele Masini wrote:> Can ext2 or ext3 filesystem manage sparse files? > And so, in which way? Does it use extents? > Thanks in advance.Yes, it does manage sparse files, just as the BSD Fast File System handles sparse files --- using a block number of 0 in the direct and indirect block pointers. It does not use extents. - Ted