Linux has fallocate(fd, FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE|FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE, ...) to punch a hole into a file, i.e. deallocate the blocks given and make the file a "sparse file".
But how can I do that with the Cygwin API? Does anyone have an example for Cygwin, which is the Win equivalent to Linux fallocate(fd, FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE|FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE, 1048576, 2097152);? I tried with Cygwin 3.5, but the file was not sparse after that. Ced -- Cedric Blancher <cedric.blanc...@gmail.com> [https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CedricBlancher/] Institute Pasteur -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
