Re: albods

Jan Niehusmann (jan@gondor.com)
Wed, 7 Jul 1999 11:42:16 +0200

On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 09:29:34AM +1000, Richard Gooch wrote:
> When creating the file, make it huge, but filled with holes.
[...]
> If you want to see the albod as atomic, just look at the file.

What if you transfer such a file via ftp (or any non-compressing
protocol that doesn't know about holes)? You will generate traffic
for all the huge holes...

Look at my mail to this list, subject "Re: Another way", for a
related aproach. (but requires kernel changes)

Bye, Jan

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