* Alfred Perlstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010730 16:01] wrote:
[re: speeding up freeing of space when using softupdates]
>
> If you want to accellerate the release of blocks issue a couple
> of sync(1) commands:
>
> sync;sync;sync;
>
> which will 'accelerate' the free'ing of space, actually it will
> accellerate the writing of the meta data that will actually free
> up the space.
Let me add that this will not _really_ accelerate the process, it
may give you instant gratification where you'll see a bunch of
space, but by issuing a sync you're actually going to slow down
the removal of files in the long run. Basically for speed you
don't want to issue a sync until the rm command completes, if at
all since the sync will also muck with other disk activity.
--
-Alfred Perlstein [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Ok, who wrote this damn function called '??'?
And why do my programs keep crashing in it?
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