On Thu, 2004-09-16 at 10:58, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Bill Warner wrote: > > > This doesn't seem to work for me. I use cp -a, and dropped the v from > > the tar to suppress output. here is the outputs of the two different > > commands: > > > > wwarner:/usr# cd > > wwarner:~# cd /usr > > wwarner:/usr# du -sh lib > > 673M lib > > wwarner:/usr# time cp -a lib /tmp > > > > real 2m59.519s > > user 0m0.129s > > sys 0m4.279s > > wwarner:/usr# rm -rf /tmp/lib > > wwarner:/usr# time tar -cf - lib | tar -C /tmp -xf - > > > > real 3m2.839s > > user 0m0.362s > > sys 0m5.703s > > You say it didn't work for you. But you didn't show us that it didn't > work. It appears like it did work. OK, to varying degrees of worked. If you mean by worked the files copied, then yes it worked, I ment the cp was faster than the tar, opposite of what the original claimed. -- Bill Warner --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss