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...--sparse /tmp/sparse_file /var/tmp $ ls -ls /var/tmp/sparse_file 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 brian brian 5242880 2010-04-08 10:34 /var/tmp/sparse_file Notice the source file is 0 blocks long and the destination is 12 blocks long. Gnutar on the other hand makes the destination as sparse as the source: $ tar CcSvf /tmp - sparse_file | tar Cxvf /var/tmp/ - sparse_file sparse_file $ ls -ls /var/tmp/sparse_file 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 brian brian 5242880 2010-04-08 10:33 /var/tmp/sparse_file -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.samba.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: -------...