Copying Sparse files?

[Cameron Simpson]

On 23Jun2006 09:20, Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko at greshko.com> wrote:
| Reg Clemens wrote:
| > I need to copy a sparse file from one partition to another.
[...]
| Just wondering if you've tried the various --sparse options of cp?

rsync also has a --sparse option to preserve sparse files.

rsync -aP --sparse local-file remote-host:remote-file

Better test it!
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