On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, Max Bowsher wrote:
> I threw together a horrible C program to ask Windows whether a file was
> sparse. .exe and .dll files made with a 1.5.0 Cygwin are. I haven't posted
> the test program, because it is too messy.
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
main(int argc, char * argv[])
{
DWORD i = (argc > 1)? GetFileAttributes(argv[1]) : INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES;
if (i == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES)
printf("Error for %s %ld\n", argv[1], GetLastError());
else
printf("Sparse bit %x\n", i & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SPARSE_FILE);
}
/: /a.exe a.exe
Sparse bit 0
/: uname -a
CYGWIN_NT-5.0 phumblet 1.5.0(0.86/3/2) 2003-05-28 19:47 i686 unknown unknown
Cygwin
Pierre
--
Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
