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Originally Posted by nexusle
For the ADF & HDF Creator: I think, it should create a sparse file, so the size on HOST is related to the real stored data. Is it possible on all platforms?
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It's quite easy to create sparse files, especially on Unix-like systems. Of course, on Windows one needs to use Windows-specific APIs (as usual...).
Whether it is supported or not is usually more dependent on file system than on OS. But as you are a Mac-ish person: If the following information is true: "On MacOS, the default filesystem is HFS+ which does
not support sparse files. You can optionally format a volume with UFS which does support sparse files. HFS+ is the default filesystem on MacOS because it supports the archaic "resource fork" stuff which a few programs still use."(
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1...-c-on-mac-os-x), then most OS X users are out of luck regarding sparse files. FS-UAE can still try to create one, the worst thing that will happen if it is not supported is that the file won't be sparse.