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Article #755Re: NetWare files are growning up to 4gb!
From: jan grant
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 00:00
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 00:00
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Bernd Dorfmueller wrote: > a little file which has a maximum size of approx 4mb grows up to 4gb, but > even we donοΏ½t have so much harddisk space. Sounds like a sparse file. Is this file produced by a database package? If so, it may have 'holes' in it (empty space filled with zeroes) due to efficiency considerations. This is nothing to worry about, unless you're using a naieve copy to shift the file around with, in which case the zeroes may well all get expanded in the target file. jan -- Bolstered by my success with vi, I proceeded to learn C with 'learn c'
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