Package: coreutils Version: 5.97-5.3 Severity: wishlist When setting up test environments (chroots and Xen domains) I often want to duplicate one block device or large file to several others.
If I am creating three copies I don't want to read the data three times and write it three times, I want to read it once and write it three times. dd if=source of=dest1 of=dest2 of=dest3 bs=102400k The ideal would be something like the above. But a separate utility as part of coreutils to perform the same task would be OK. Ideally such a program would use asynchronous IO or threads to allow all writes to be performed at the same time (when writing to a RAID array three writes theoretically can potentially be completed in the same amount of time as one write). -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-5-686 Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) Versions of packages coreutils depends on: ii libacl1 2.2.41-1 Access control list shared library ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libselinux1 2.0.15-2.etch1 SELinux shared libraries coreutils recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
