Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] fast recursive local copy

2009-08-15 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Freitag 14 August 2009, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > Am Freitag 14 August 2009 10:50:45 schrieb Joerg Schilling: > > > Note that on Linux you may need to add "-no-fsync" because file I/O is > > > slow on Linux. On Solaris, not using -no-fsync slows things down by > > > apr

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] fast recursive local copy

2009-08-15 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Samstag 15 August 2009, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Freitag 14 August 2009 22:47:46 schrieb Joerg Schilling: > > Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > > Am Freitag 14 August 2009 10:50:45 schrieb Joerg Schilling: > > > > Note that on Linux you may need to add "-no-fsync" because file I/O > > > > is slow on

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] fast recursive local copy

2009-08-15 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Freitag 14 August 2009 22:47:46 schrieb Joerg Schilling: > Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > Am Freitag 14 August 2009 10:50:45 schrieb Joerg Schilling: > > > Note that on Linux you may need to add "-no-fsync" because file I/O is > > > slow on Linux. On Solaris, not using -no-fsync slows things down by

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] fast recursive local copy

2009-08-14 Thread Joerg Schilling
Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Freitag 14 August 2009 10:50:45 schrieb Joerg Schilling: > > > Note that on Linux you may need to add "-no-fsync" because file I/O is slow > > on Linux. On Solaris, not using -no-fsync slows things down by aprox. 10% > > but allows star to grant that everything was real

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] fast recursive local copy

2009-08-14 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Freitag 14 August 2009 10:50:45 schrieb Joerg Schilling: > Note that on Linux you may need to add "-no-fsync" because file I/O is slow > on Linux. On Solaris, not using -no-fsync slows things down by aprox. 10% > but allows star to grant that everything was really copied to stable > storage. On

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] fast recursive local copy

2009-08-14 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Freitag 14 August 2009 18:11:34 schrieb Joerg Schilling: > star by default only overwrites a file if it is older than the file that is > going to be extracted. Thanks. Will definitely try it out on next occasion. Bye... Dirk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed mes

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] fast recursive local copy

2009-08-14 Thread Joerg Schilling
Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Freitag 14 August 2009 10:50:45 schrieb Joerg Schilling: > > > The fastest method for copying directory trees (typicalls 30% faster than > > any other known method) is to use star: > > > > star -copy -p -xdot -acl -sparse -C . > > That's a really nice one. However, do

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] fast recursive local copy

2009-08-14 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Freitag 14 August 2009 10:50:45 schrieb Joerg Schilling: > The fastest method for copying directory trees (typicalls 30% faster than > any other known method) is to use star: > > star -copy -p -xdot -acl -sparse -C . That's a really nice one. However, does it also handle the "update " case

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] fast recursive local copy

2009-08-14 Thread Joerg Schilling
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 08/14/2009 05:47 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am looking for a faster way to do a > > > > cp -a r > > > > locally on one machine with one harddisk inside. > > > > Is there a neat trick to accomplish this faster than > > good old cp?

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] fast recursive local copy

2009-08-14 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Freitag 14 August 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 08/14/2009 05:47 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am looking for a faster way to do a > > > > cp -a r > > > > locally on one machine with one harddisk inside. > > > > Is there a neat trick to accomplish this faste

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] fast recursive local copy

2009-08-13 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 08/14/2009 05:47 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I am looking for a faster way to do a cp -a r locally on one machine with one harddisk inside. Is there a neat trick to accomplish this faster than good old cp? Nope. Some people like to use pipes in hope to speed it up,