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Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2023 11:56:47 +0100
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Subject: Re: Sparse file support for SMB by default? Re: Comment about
 "Cygwin: sparse support: enable automatic sparsifying of files on SSDs",
 extend feature to VMware/qemu disks?
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From: Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com>
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On Dec  7 17:42, Shaddy Baddah via Cygwin wrote:
> Hi Corinna,
> 
> On 6/12/2023 8:38 pm, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote:
> 
> > If you want to see if a filesystem supports that flag, just use the
> > /usr/lib/csih/getVolInfo tool:
> > 
> >    $ /usr/lib/csih/getVolInfo .
> >    Device Type        : 7
> >    Characteristics    : 20020
> >    Volume Name        : <root>
> >    Serial Number      : 2292001085
> >    Max Filenamelength : 255
> >    Filesystemname     : <NTFS>
> >    Flags              : 3e72eff
> >      FILE_CASE_SENSITIVE_SEARCH        : TRUE
> ...
> >      FILE_SUPPORTS_GHOSTING            : FALSE
> 
> Is is worth it/possible to extend this getVolInfo to also include the
> SSINFO_FLAGS_NO_SEEK_PENALTY flag in the output?-- Regards, Shaddy

Good idea.  I created a patch and a new version of the csih package
(0.9.14) will be available shortly.


Thanks,
Corinna

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