* Daniel L. Miller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030924 16:20]: > While I'm on the subject - is there a "better" copy command than cp when > using large files? Is that the <tar> example you gave me, or is there a > nother solution I should start learning if I'm doing these large file > transfers?
Actually, what tar does is make a bunch of little files into one big file. For single large files, cp is fine. The only thing I might add is that rsync will give you a couple of advantages: if you're regularly updating a file, repeated rsync runs will only copy the differences in the file instead of the whole thing all over again. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- http://www.debian.org/
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