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From: Andreas Wagner <thewand@web.de>
To: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Two questions on sparse files
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 09:34:06 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <f20639eaa10eaa327dc9a294164b731215d5212f.camel@web.de> (raw)

Hello,

I have two questions on sparse files:

1. Do they really - as media and Wikipedia suggest - reduce allocated
filesize if the file is sparse? 
2. Are the blocks of the file in random order?

Thanks in advance and regards,
Andreas Wagner

             reply	other threads:[~2025-01-15  8:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-01-15  8:34 Andreas Wagner [this message]
2025-01-15 11:04 ` Two questions on sparse files Simon Richter

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