supports-sparse-files

Test if a file system supports sparse files

npm install supports-sparse-files

Usage

const supportsSparseFiles = require('supports-sparse-files')

supportsSparseFiles(function (err, yes) {
  if (err) throw err
  console.log('sparse files supported?', yes)
})

API

supportsSparseFiles([dir], callback)

Check if a file system supports sparse files. A ~8kb test file is written and removed in ${dir}/.sparse-test to test it.

CLI

There is a CLI available as well

npm install -g supports-sparse-files
supports-sparse-files # will tell you if they are supported

License

MIT