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Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 11:17:20 -0500
From: Tim Peeler <timpeeler@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: BUG _llseek kernel 2.4.17
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On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 05:53:07AM -0500, Joseph Malicki wrote:
> Sparse files.  If you never wrote to it, it never got a block on disk... the
> kernel will return zeroes for said portions of file when you read it.

Got it.  Had no idea what sparse files were, did a google on 'em.  Now I
get it.  

Thanks,  
Tim

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