Add sparse file support to cpio [PSARC/2008/727 Self Review]

[Joerg Schilling]

Cynthia Eastham <cynthia.eastham at sun.com> wrote:

> I've talked with Don Cragun, who is off-line today for medical reasons, 
> about Garrett's proposal as well as Joerg's proposal.  Due to extreme 
> time constraints, we are happy to make the proposed interfaces 
> undocumented and Project Private.  I'll work with the LU team to draw up 
> a contract.
>
> In the future, but not part of this case, after discussing it with AT&T, 
> my intent will be to provide Committed interfaces for handling sparse 
> files along the lines of Joerg's proposal.

This looks like a good solution.

Jörg

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