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| author | Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> | 2012-12-14 15:10:29 +0400 |
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| committer | Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> | 2012-12-14 15:10:29 +0400 |
| commit | 6b0dad045966331972ddc7597a92bf73c2ab2efb (patch) | |
| tree | 5b598cacb7bf22720959f37db30fc2c9c5044567 /winsup/doc | |
| parent | 6d17453774f3d7d96cd2ce23c6ef0b2d0609a38a (diff) | |
* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.18): Add sparse change.
* pathnames.sgml (mount-table): Document sparse mount option.
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| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/new-features.sgml | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml | 4 |
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog index 91e138226..bdfc1fd32 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2012-12-14 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> + + * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.18): Add sparse change. + * pathnames.sgml (mount-table): Document sparse mount option. + 2012-12-06 Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowitz@users.sourceforge.net> * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.18): New section. Document cfsetspeed. diff --git a/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml b/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml index b70a7e5d7..2c3e4707b 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml @@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ <itemizedlist mark="bullet"> <listitem><para> +For performance reasons, Cygwin does not try to create sparse files +automatically anymore, unless you use the new "sparse" mount option. +</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para> New API: cfsetspeed. </para></listitem> diff --git a/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml b/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml index 3a4769e9e..774ad554d 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml @@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ posix=[0|1]. The meaning of the options is as follows.</para> (default for the cygdrive prefix). posix=1 - Switch on case sensitivity for paths under this mount point (default for all other mount points). + sparse - Switch on support for sparse files. This option only makes + sense on NTFS and then only if you really need sparse files. + Cygwin does not try to create sparse files by default for + performance reasons. text - Files default to CRLF text mode line endings. user - Mount is a user mount. </screen> |