Re: O_DIRECT

2006-07-23 Thread Tom Limoncelli
On 7/23/06, Dan Stromberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It'd be pretty cool if rsync supported use of O_DIRECT on platforms thatsupport it, with or without my odirect package:It would be great benefit for Linux and FreeBSD users.I know there are equivalents for Solaris (but I don't see it in a quick r

O_DIRECT

2006-07-23 Thread Dan Stromberg
It'd be pretty cool if rsync supported use of O_DIRECT on platforms that support it, with or without my odirect package: http://dcs.nac.uci.edu/~strombrg/odirect/ I say this because rsync is sometimes used to move a mountain of data, just once. So there's little point in rsync toasting one's bu