Phantom

Jul 20, 2023

Phantomblock generator (converts existing files to sparse files)

This tool removes blocks of 0x00 from files by replacing them with phantomblocks. That way, a file uses less diskspace while its contents hasn’t changed at all!

BEWARE after copying these files with tar, cp, cpio or any other tool, the phantomblocks have been replaced with 0x00-blocks again!

EXAMPLE

find / -type f -print xargs -n 1 phantom -r -i

This would go trough the whole harddisk, scan all files and generate 0x00-blocks where necessary.

WWW http//www.vanheusden.com/Linux/phantom.php



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