/bin/cp of sparse files broken in 3.6.0-0.362.g68c13dc92f65.x86_64?

Corinna Vinschen corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com
Mon Feb 17 10:18:43 GMT 2025


On Feb 15 13:53, Christian Franke via Cygwin wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote:
> > On Feb 15 11:17, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote:
> > > https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#cygdrive
> > I uploaded the new 3.6 version of that chapter to cygwin.com, btw.
> > 
> > 
> 
> BTW, the info "sparse ... This flag is always silently enabled on SSD
> drives" is only here:
>   https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/mount.html
> but not here:
>   https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table

Thanks, I fixed that.  And thanks for the description how to
make files sparse anyway. I just wouldn't know how to add this
to the User's Guide.  Maybe you'd like to create a FAQ entry?


Thanks,
Corinna


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