Create new files as sparse on NT systems. (2nd try)

[Christopher Faylor]

On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 10:08:56PM -0000, Max Bowsher wrote:
>Two things - First:
>
>Please, please don't make this the default! Once a file is sparsified, it
>cannot be unsparsified except by copying the contents to a new file! This
>seems like an optimization for a corner case is trying to cause a global
>change.

Why is it a big deal if a file is sparse?  I don't get it.  In 99% of the
cases this won't be a big deal.  In the cases where it is a big deal, cygwin
will be operating more like UNIX.

>And:
>
>FSCTL_SET_SPARSE, used in the patch, is *not defined* in current w32api !!!

Calm down:

2003-02-17 Vaclav Haisman <V.Haisman@sh.cvut.cz>

        * include/winioctl.h (FSCTL_SET_SPARSE): Define.

cgf