2008.08.19 05:17 "[Tiff] Regarding DICONDE and its Specification", by Harsha

2008.08.23 16:02 "Re: [Tiff] creating sparse files......", by Rogier Wolff

On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 05:58:54PM +0200, Rogier Wolff wrote:

On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 10:54:54AM -0500, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:

For example, Apple OS-X's HFS+ does not support holes.

Weird. So, will my suggested code fail? No.

OS-X's HFS+ will simply consume the space with zeros.

Correct.

http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/functions/lseek.html

is a good read for someone who is afraid that the code I wrote won't work.

        Roger.

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