On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, Matthew Rogers wrote:
> Eben King wrote:
>> How would I create a sparse (no allocated storage) file? Reason: I've got
>> a Bit Torrent client that lets me pick and choose which files to download.
>> Its normal file allocation mode saves space when a torrent is partially
>> downloaded, but all the chunks are crammed together. There is an alternate
>> storage method that allocates all the files from the get-go, and then fills
>> them in as you go. However, it allocates _all_ of them, even if you're
>> only getting a few, and all of them won't fit. I figure that if I go
>> behind its back and replace the files with sparse ones, it should fit.
> touch
I don't see any way in the man page to have it create other than a 0-byte
file. How do you do it?
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