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Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 12:58:49 -0400
From: "Pierre A. Humblet" <Pierre DOT Humblet AT ieee DOT org>
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Subject: Re: Sparse file criteria malfunction - binutils produces sparse .exe & 
 .dll files 
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On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, Max Bowsher wrote:

> I threw together a horrible C program to ask Windows whether a file was
> sparse. .exe and .dll files made with a 1.5.0 Cygwin are. I haven't posted
> the test program, because it is too messy.

#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
main(int argc, char * argv[])
{
	DWORD i = (argc > 1)? GetFileAttributes(argv[1]) : INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES;
	if (i == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES)
	  printf("Error for %s %ld\n", argv[1], GetLastError());
        else
	  printf("Sparse bit %x\n", i & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SPARSE_FILE);
}

/: /a.exe a.exe
Sparse bit 0
/: uname -a
CYGWIN_NT-5.0 phumblet 1.5.0(0.86/3/2) 2003-05-28 19:47 i686 unknown unknown
Cygwin


Pierre

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