* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.18): Add sparse change.

* pathnames.sgml (mount-table): Document sparse mount option.
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2012-12-14 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.18): Add sparse change.
* pathnames.sgml (mount-table): Document sparse mount option.
2012-12-06 Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowitz@users.sourceforge.net>
* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.18): New section. Document cfsetspeed.

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<itemizedlist mark="bullet">
<listitem><para>
For performance reasons, Cygwin does not try to create sparse files
automatically anymore, unless you use the new "sparse" mount option.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
New API: cfsetspeed.
</para></listitem>

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(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.
</screen>