7.61 pax enhancements Sparse files are those which do not use real disk storage for pages of file data that contain only zeros Copying files as sparse saves disk space The ability to skip read errors may allow installations to salvage some files from corrupted file systems Preserving all files attributes of copied file saves installations from having to manually set desired attributes that may not have been preserved previously Create mountpoint directories Copy all attributes from the source root to the target of the copy after the copy is complete