Jesper Krogh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Can you give us the time for doing a tar to /dev/null of the fileset. > > time tar cf /dev/null /path/to/maildir > > Then we have a feeling about the "actual read time" for the file of > the filesystem.
if you're using GNU tar, it will *not* read the files if you dump to /dev/null. it will simply stat the files as necessary (you can check this with strace if you like.) use /dev/zero to avoid this optimisation. -- regards, | Redpill _ Kjetil T. Homme | Linpro (_) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
