sparse
Package: WA2L/edrc 1.5.57
Section: Library Commands (3)
Updated: 17 January 2010
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NAME
sparse - filter to identify sparse files
SYNOPSIS
edrc/lib/sparse
[
-h
]
sparse
[
-v
]
AVAILABILITY
WA2L/edrc
DESCRIPTION
filter to identify sparse files.
The file list received thru
stdin
is searched for sparse files and the file names of all
identified sparse files, or all non-sparse file names (
-v
), are printed to
stdout.
This enables to use the output directly for further
processing thru a pipe for instance.
OPTIONS
- -h
-
print usage message.
- -v
-
print all non-sparse files. This is the inverse output, as if
no option is specified.
ENVIRONMENT
-
EXIT STATUS
- 0
-
no error.
- 1
-
could not stat all files in provided file list.
- 4
-
usage message printed.
FILES
-
EXAMPLES
- 1) Find sparse files in the current directory
-
find . -print | sparse
- 2) Copy all sparse files
-
find . -print | sparse | cpio -pdvm --sparse /destination
- 3) Copy all non-sparse files
-
find . -print | sparse -v | cpio -pdvm /destination
SEE ALSO
edrcintro(1)
cpio(1),
directories(3),
find(1),
stat(3),
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparse_file
NOTES
-
BUGS
-
AUTHOR
sparse was developed by Christian Walther. Send suggestions
and bug reports to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2010
Christian Walther
This is free software; see
edrc/doc/COPYING
for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not
even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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