On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:21:10 -0500, Alain wrote:

> Jim Henderson nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2007/11/12 19:37:
>> On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:20:08 -0500, Alain wrote:
>> 
>>> Ever heard of "sparse" files?
>> 
>> Yes.  Old hand at NetWare; didn't know that Windows filesystems
>> supported sparse files.
>> 
>> Jim
> Was even supported under DOS 3, maybe earlier.

Um, not according to wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems

Sparse files are supported on NTFS but not any variation of FAT.  Then 
again, that table doesn't show NWFS or NSS as supporting sparse files 
(which they both do), but lists them as "unknown".

Jim

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