A sparse file is a file where only the non-zero data are stored in data blocks and all zero-data are generated by the filesystem when the file is read.
I got a sparse file of 1TB which stores actually 32MB data on Linux. Is it possible to "efficiently" make …
linux file sparse-fileWhat is a sparse file and why do we need it? The only thing that I am able to get …
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