Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:02:48 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: the pause that removes Message-ID: <448wn8taef.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> In-Reply-To: <20090312223713.55535586@gom.home> (prad@towardsfreedom.com's message of "Thu\, 12 Mar 2009 22\:37\:13 -0700") References: <20090312223713.55535586@gom.home>
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prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com> writes: > one of the neat things i've found about freebsd vs linux is the > 'instantaneous' rm. > > when you remove a large file or a substantial directory, freebsd does > it right away ard you get your prompt back, while with every linux i've > tried, you wait and wait and wait. > > i presume freebsd just takes the pointer to the file out so it can be > overwritten, while may be the linuxes fill stuff with zeros or > something like that?? > > is this instantaneity a result of the ufs file system vs say ext3 or > reiser? I've never noticed that large directory trees were "instantaneous" to remove on any filesystem. I haven't done any benchmarks, either, though. I'm not going to accept it as a real FreeBSD advantage unless I saw some solid benchmarks... -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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