On Tue, May 13, 2025 at 10:06:16PM +0000, RVP wrote: > qemu$ cd /tmp > > qemu$ (pax -h; tar -h; xzcat ~/pkgsrc-HEAD.tar.xz) >/dev/null 2>&1
Is that so that the pax and tar executables are paged in entirely? > qemu$ time -p xzcat ~/pkgsrc-HEAD.tar.xz | tar -xf -; rm -rf pkgsrc > qemu$ time -p xzcat ~/pkgsrc-HEAD.tar.xz | pax -r 2>/dev/null; rm -rf pkgsrc That times xzcat(1) not pax(1) or tar(1), doesn't it? Don't you want: xzcat ~/pkgsrc-HEAD.tar.xz | time -p tar -xf -; rm -rf pkgsrc xzcat ~/pkgsrc-HEAD.tar.xz | time -p pax -r 2>/dev/null; rm -rf pkgsrc --chris
