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curprev 20:2320:23, 20 August 2024 Dexxor talk contribs m 10,643 bytes +2 →Detection: fix template parameter undo

curprev 03:1203:12, 11 May 2024 LucasBrown talk contribs 10,641 bytes +44 Adding local short description: "Type of computer file", overriding Wikidata description "computer file stored with logically zero, physically unallocated holes" undo Tag: Shortdesc helper

curprev 06:2306:23, 20 February 2024 Larryv talk contribs 10,597 bytes −33 →top: removed unnecessary mention of release date of APFS undo

curprev 18:2218:22, 13 February 2024 Kindall talk contribs 10,630 bytes +332 when sparse files are created undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 19:1319:13, 15 December 2023 Quondum talk contribs 10,298 bytes +84 fmt tweaks undo

curprev 22:2622:26, 14 December 2023 Quondum talk contribs 10,214 bytes +9 →Copying: fixing broken template that was most recently added undo

curprev 10:0110:01, 7 July 2023 37.24.77.83 talk 10,205 bytes +292 →Copying: support of --sparse and --inplace in rsync undo

curprev 18:0818:08, 27 June 2023 Citation bot talk contribs 9,913 bytes +54 Add: title. Changed bare reference to CS1/2. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Mako001 | Linked from User:Mako001/sandbox | #UCB_webform_linked 2907/3499 undo

curprev 09:1509:15, 19 May 2023 WikiCleanerBot talk contribs m 9,859 bytes −1 v2.05b - Bot T20 CW#61 - Fix errors for CW project (Reference before punctuation) undo Tag: WPCleaner

curprev 15:4715:47, 12 May 2023 2a01:e0a:a:d8b0:bd5c:4ed0:bed5:a619 talk 9,860 bytes +287 →Detection: Alternative short version for du command undo

curprev 02:1802:18, 26 March 2023 82.197.244.146 talk 9,573 bytes −6 →Copying: Use /dev/fd instead of /proc/self/fd. undo

curprev 05:3405:34, 2 February 2023 Hellacioussatyr talk contribs 9,579 bytes −7 →Sparse files in Unix undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

curprev 22:4322:43, 12 December 2022 Fgnievinski talk contribs 9,586 bytes +14 →Sparse files in Unix undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
curprev 22:4222:42, 12 December 2022 Fgnievinski talk contribs 9,572 bytes 0 →Copying undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
curprev 22:4222:42, 12 December 2022 Fgnievinski talk contribs 9,572 bytes +43 →Via standard input undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 13:4713:47, 14 November 2022 2a02:aa16:9481:e80:e9bd:b6ee:623:7a1a talk 9,529 bytes +68 Manually Undid other half revision 1117663592 which removed random parts of sentences. undo

curprev 01:3701:37, 24 October 2022 103.66.134.18 talk 9,461 bytes +105 The end sentence was incomplete. Google overview did show the intended text, so I put that back in and added the links. undo

curprev 23:1023:10, 22 October 2022 31.142.119.68 talk 9,356 bytes −167 No edit summary undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 17:3317:33, 22 September 2022 2600:4041:4286:b800:e50f:5baa:ee86:917 talk 9,523 bytes +5 No edit summary undo

curprev 07:2807:28, 10 June 2022 Lgiordani talk contribs m 9,518 bytes +47 Changed link for the book "Practical File System Design - The Be Filesystem" as the nobius.org website is not available any more undo

curprev 22:3622:36, 6 April 2022 Awwright talk contribs m 9,471 bytes +5 →Creation: Reword sentence to be more straightforward undo

curprev 11:3711:37, 20 February 2022 H Bruce Campbell talk contribs 9,466 bytes +144 Changed "disk" to storage media or similar unless a proper name, plus minor edits to support the terminology corrections, and other refinements. undo

curprev 12:4912:49, 7 December 2021 2001:4dd0:42cf:0:1b62:a158:6742:43fd talk 9,322 bytes +8 No edit summary undo

curprev 07:0907:09, 23 October 2021 Jason Quinn talk contribs 9,314 bytes +14 cite template cleanup, mostly for author parameters and to move url and accessdate next to each other undo

curprev 00:4700:47, 12 March 2021 83.240.5.139 talk 9,300 bytes +206 Mention filefrag as another detection tool. undo

curprev 11:3211:32, 22 October 2020 Frap talk contribs 9,094 bytes 0 →Via Standard Input: MOS:HEAD undo

curprev 18:3418:34, 11 May 2020 DannyS712 bot talk contribs m 9,094 bytes +108 Task 70: Update syntaxhighlight tags - remove use of deprecated <source> tags undo Tag: AWB

curprev 18:4718:47, 18 April 2020 Maëlan talk contribs 8,986 bytes −3 Undid revision 951441066 by Cyrotux (talk): except that this does not give 5 MB (5×1000×1000 bytes) but 5000 kiB (5000×1024 bytes); moreover the example with `truncate` still gives 5 MiB (5×1024×1024 bytes); the binary prefixes are not “weird units”, they are ubiquitous in computers; I’m changing the `dd` line so that it becomes straightforward and no weird number is involved undo Tag: Undo

curprev 05:1805:18, 17 April 2020 RubenKelevra talk contribs m 8,989 bytes 0 →Sparse files in Unix: remove weird unit undo

curprev 09:0009:00, 13 December 2019 195.250.188.103 talk 8,989 bytes +1 fixed link to article "Fragmentation (computing)" undo

curprev 21:0521:05, 23 October 2019 Maëlan talk contribs 8,988 bytes −4 Undid revision 922714989 by 178.203.145.155 (talk) undo Tag: Undo
curprev 20:5220:52, 23 October 2019 178.203.145.155 talk 8,992 bytes +4 No edit summary undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit

curprev 12:4912:49, 5 August 2019 Hydronium Hydroxide talk contribs m 8,988 bytes +28 wl undo

curprev 04:3404:34, 22 April 2019 DpEpsilon talk contribs 8,960 bytes +21 Replace <tt> with <code>, remove cleanup tag accordingly undo

curprev 01:3901:39, 2 March 2019 Maëlan talk contribs m 8,939 bytes 0 →top: fixing an ambiguous wording (does “zero bytes” mean “no byte at all” or “zero-valued bytes”? undo

curprev 20:0720:07, 24 February 2019 AnomieBOT talk contribs m 8,939 bytes +19 Dating maintenance tags: {{Cleanup HTML}} undo
curprev 19:4719:47, 24 February 2019 Beland talk contribs 8,920 bytes +17 {{cleanup HTML}} undo

curprev 16:1316:13, 29 November 2018 2a00:1f08:400:17::2 talk 8,903 bytes +165 Clarify limitation of mapping sparse executables on 32bit Windows. None of these issues apply to 64bit Windows as 64bit Windows as enough address space to just map the files as-is. undo

curprev 21:2721:27, 12 October 2018 Dabern talk contribs 8,738 bytes +178 →Disadvantages: Sparseness vs. compression (NTFS) undo

curprev 20:5020:50, 26 May 2018 InternetArchiveBot talk contribs 8,560 bytes +43 Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead. #IABot (v1.6.5) undo

curprev 10:4310:43, 25 January 2018 176.94.112.129 talk 8,517 bytes +3 The file does not have to be "mostly" empty. Example: even if you have only 10GB empty in an 100GB file, you can save 10GB of disk space with sparse file support. undo

curprev 22:0622:06, 5 January 2018 68.144.152.113 talk 8,514 bytes −5 →Copying undo

curprev 17:2117:21, 30 October 2017 76.10.173.85 talk 8,519 bytes −146 Citation needed since May 2012, and I can find nothing to suggest --inplace is necessary to avoid wasting disk bandwidth, let alone network bandwidth undo

curprev 17:3817:38, 23 October 2017 207.109.54.130 talk 8,665 bytes +4 Added 'the' before 'full 100GB' undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 15:3415:34, 10 September 2017 2601:405:4200:d8a1:28a9:587:5dd4:c885 talk 8,661 bytes −1 No edit summary undo

curprev 12:4412:44, 2 May 2017 Magioladitis talk contribs 8,662 bytes −1 fix undo
curprev 12:4412:44, 2 May 2017 Magioladitis talk contribs 8,663 bytes +10 I hould have done it right now undo
curprev 12:1012:10, 2 May 2017 Schily talk contribs 8,653 bytes −10 Undid revision 778298598 by Magioladitis (talk) not an improvement: examples broken undo
curprev 08:0608:06, 2 May 2017 Magioladitis talk contribs m 8,663 bytes +10 Improved article to match Manual of Style, References after punctuation per WP:CITEFOOT and WP:PAIC using AWB (12151) undo

curprev 19:1119:11, 27 April 2017 Tabledhote talk contribs 8,653 bytes −5 internal link added; dead external link replaced undo

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