From 6b0dad045966331972ddc7597a92bf73c2ab2efb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Corinna Vinschen Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:10:29 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.18): Add sparse change. * pathnames.sgml (mount-table): Document sparse mount option. --- winsup/doc/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ winsup/doc/new-features.sgml | 5 +++++ winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml | 4 ++++ 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+) 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 + + * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.18): Add sparse change. + * pathnames.sgml (mount-table): Document sparse mount option. + 2012-12-06 Yaakov Selkowitz * 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 @@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ + +For performance reasons, Cygwin does not try to create sparse files +automatically anymore, unless you use the new "sparse" mount option. + + New API: cfsetspeed. 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. (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.