Hello, I have a question on that topic. I think sparse files are simply generated by lseek'ing over a block of zeros, which will automatically converted to sparse files by filesystems which support it (actually they could even create them if the notice blocks filled with 0's but dont do it). The question is, which filesystem generates sparse files and has problems with it? Generally, wht is the problem with sparse files? They seem to be completely transparent to me (except for cluttering the disk, perhaps).
Greetings Bernd
