[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: add and copy a partition



On Sun, 28 May 2000, Alex Shnitman wrote:

> > tar cspBf - . | (cd /mnt; tar xvvspBf -)
> 
> Any reason why not to use cp -a that I'm not aware of?

in theory you have one process writing and one reading, so in an SMP
machine, copying between two different partitions on two different
drives on two different controllers, you could have a HUGE speed
gain! :-)))

-- 
Ira Abramov ; Penguinophile ; www.linux.org.il 
.you could spend *all day* customizing the title bar.  Believe me.  I
speak from experience."
(By Matt Welsh)


=================================================================
To unsubscribe, send mail to linux-il-request@linux.org.il with
the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command
echo unsubscribe | mail linux-il-request@linux.org.il