Pádraig Brady wrote: > Paolo Bonzini wrote: >> >> Of course this should only apply if its effect is not externally >> observable; if I have a very small file B and a very large file A, and I >> can get >> >> $ md5sum --threads A B >> abcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcd B >> 12341234123412341234123412341234 A >> >> Then the option would be necessary. > > Good point Paolo. > I think that's another argument for splitting separate files to different > threads.
Grr. An argument for _not_ splitting. As per the reasons I gave here: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2009-10/msg00179.html cheers, Pádraig.
