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


On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 10:51:31PM +0100, Vaclav Haisman wrote:
> 2003-02-17 Vaclav Haisman <V dot Haisman at sh dot cvut dot cz>
> 
> 	* include/winioctl.h (FSCTL_SET_SPARSE): Define.
> 
> 2003-02-18  Vaclav Haisman  <V dot Haisman at sh dot cvut dot cz>
> 
> 	* wincap.h (wincaps::supports_sparse_files): New flag.
> 	(wincapc::supports_sparse_files): New method.
> 	* wincap.cc (wincap_unknown): Define value for the new flag.
> 	(wincap_95): Ditto.
> 	(wincap_95osr2): Ditto.
> 	(wincap_98): Ditto.
> 	(wincap_98se): Ditto.
> 	(wincap_me): Ditto.
> 	(wincap_nt3): Ditto.
> 	(wincap_nt4): Ditto.
> 	(wincap_nt4sp4): Ditto.
> 	(wincap_2000): Ditto.
> 	(wincap_xp): Ditto.
> 	* path.h (path_conv::fs_flags): New method.
> 	* fhandler_disk_file.cc: Include winioctl.h for DeviceIoControl.
> 	(fhandler_disk_file::open): Set newly created and truncated files as
> 	sparse on platforms that support it.

I've applied that patch now.  If anybody still has problems with it,
please feel free to post a *testcase* which shows the problem.

Corinna

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