Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Assuming Jim Meyering like the idea of adding O_DIRECT support to > cp/mv, the next thing is to see how that might be done.
I'm inclined to support it, based on Philip's anecdote about `cp' being much more efficient when using O_DIRECT. Philip, before we go too much further, can you describe the circumstances (hardware, OS, file system type, file sizes) under which O_DIRECT helps, and how much of a performance improvement to expect? It would probably be enough just to describe your graph http://oss.oracle.com/~bryce/cp.gif and the test conditions. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
