rsync and sparce files

kapilcool · 06-25-2007, 04:29 AM

Hi,
Does anyone know how to find the sparse files? I am having issues with rsync with sparse files and need to generate a list of all sparse files on a file system.

Thanks
Kapil

Tinkster · 06-25-2007, 05:31 AM

You could run two finds over the system, one with
-exec ls -l {} \;
and one with
-exec du -b {} \;
and compare those two lists by file size. Chances are
that if there's a big difference that's where your sparse
files are ...

Cheers,
Tink

kapilcool · 09-03-2007, 11:45 AM

Does anyone know how to craete a sparse file. I tried this command:
echo hello | dd of=spar_file1 seek=999999

is it the right way?

kapil