Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 11:28:19 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Mikhail Teterin <mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.ORG>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: feature request for xargs Message-ID: <3D1764C3.698D85EF@softweyr.com> References: <200206200706.g5K76M514469@freefall.freebsd.org> <200206211033.03948.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com> <xzpbsa44qjv.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <200206211110.45597.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com> <3D13A6BB.E4FB6085@mindspring.com>
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Terry Lambert wrote:
>
> Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> > On Friday 21 June 2002 11:09 am, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> > = Mikhail Teterin <mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com> writes:
> > = > All operations, involving many light tasks can benefit, i.e.
> > = >
> > = > find /some/dir \! -type d -print0 | xargs -0 -j0 rm -f
> > =
> > = find /some/dir \! -type d -delete
> >
> > Wouldn't this be slower, since find will be waiting for the delete
> > to complete (yes, I know about the racing)?
>
> Give up. 8-).
>
> It's a bad example. There are good examples.
find /usr/src -type f
| xargs -j N indent --freebsd-knf
Where "N" is roughly ncpus * 2. ;^)
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