On 10/31/07, sam reckoner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not exaggerating. I have over one million small files that like to > move between disks. The problem is that even getting a directory > listing takes forever. > > Is there a best practice for this? > > I don't really need the directory listing, I just need to move all the > files. I have been using rsync, but that takes a very long time to > generate the list of files to be moved. > > Any alternatives? > Thanks in advance.
Try using tar or zip to make 1 file of the whole folder, then transfer that one file. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
