Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 7 Jul 1999 11:42:16 +0200 | From | Jan Niehusmann <> | Subject | Re: albods |
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On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 09:29:34AM +1000, Richard Gooch wrote: > When creating the file, make it huge, but filled with holes. [...] > If you want to see the albod as atomic, just look at the file.
What if you transfer such a file via ftp (or any non-compressing protocol that doesn't know about holes)? You will generate traffic for all the huge holes...
Look at my mail to this list, subject "Re: Another way", for a related aproach. (but requires kernel changes)
Bye, Jan
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