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Re: Extending cp(1) to copy sparse files with -s switch

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Subject: Re: Extending cp(1) to copy sparse files with -s switch
From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 20:35:11 +0200

On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 02:20:55PM -0400, Matthew Mondor wrote:
> What do you people think about bin/41497?

I don't like it. The same functionality already is provided by pax and
that is somewhat more portable than cp -s. Situation would be slightly
different if the hole detection existed but as it is, I prefer to not go
that route.

Joerg

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