According to [[wikipedia:Sparse_file|Wikipedia]], a sparse file is a type of file that attempts to use file system space more efficien
When reading sparse files, the file system transparently converts metadata representing empty b
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...ject, where the root of the file system will be a [[Wikipedia: Sparse file|sparse file]] located on [[Samba]] server.
{{Note|All your sparse images will lie in the specified directory (in this example {{ic|/srv/samba
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* Sparse files
...ia:Sparse_file|Sparse files]] written to eCryptfs will produce larger, non-sparse encrypted files in the lower directory. For example, in an eCryptfs directo
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* If you use any sparse files, such as virtual disks, [[Docker]] images and similar, you should add
...file system metadata such as access control lists, extended attributes or sparse file properties. For successful cloning at the file system level, some addi
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* Sparse-checkout clones are not implemented. See [https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtop
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Since the documentation is still rather sparse, it is often more productive to address questions to the lean community dir
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...ng|raw partitions]], and image files. To create a [[Wikipedia: Sparse file|sparse file]], that will grow to a maximum of 10GiB, called {{ic|domU.img}}, use:
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...large live filesystems, takes care of hard links, [[extended attributes]], sparse files and inode types.
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...large live filesystems, takes care of hard links, [[extended attributes]], sparse files and inode types.
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...tfs3_allow=uid=$UID,gid=$GID,umask,dmask,fmask,iocharset,discard,nodiscard,sparse,nosparse,hidden,nohidden,sys_immutable,showmeta,noshowmeta,prealloc,nopreal
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...х систем, учитывает жёсткие ссылки, [[расширенные атрибуты]], разреженные (sparse) файлы и типы inode.
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...ten, the reason for posts remaining unanswered is due in large part to the sparse details in the original post itself, or, the obvious availability of soluti
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...ten, the reason for posts remaining unanswered is due in large part to the sparse details in the original post itself, or, the obvious availability of soluti
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-S, --sparse handle sparse files efficiently
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...sure the "Size" is appropriate for your use case. The virtual hard disk is sparse, so the virtual hard disk will only use as much real storage as is necessar
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...ание}} || {{Y|Без шифрования}} || {{Нет}} || {{Да}} || {{Y|Только MBR; без sparse inodes}}
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...{{Y|Sans chiffrement}} || {{Non}} || {{Oui}} || {{Y|MBR uniquement; sans ''sparse inodes''}}
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...cannot write to btrfs. But it will generate a misleading error message: "sparse file not allowed. Press any key to continue.".
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-S, --sparse manejar archivos dispersos de manera eficiente
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--sparse, -S сжимать последовательности нулей в разреженные блоки
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