Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 21:12:19 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: mv vs. tar Message-ID: <20020530021219.GA78068@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20020529210249.J77775-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> References: <20020529210249.J77775-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
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In the last episode (May 29), Peter Leftwich said: > When moving a large directory (hoping to preserve ALL modification times), > is it better/smarter to use the "mv" command, or first "tar" the directory > then "untar" it to the new location? Some interesting debate to follow... A tar pipe will be much faster, since reading and writing will be overlapped. ( cd /source ; tar cf - . ) | ( cd destination ; tar xfp - ) -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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