Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 12 Nov 2001 17:47:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 12 Nov 2001 17:47:14 -0500 Received: from marine.sonic.net ([208.201.224.37]:37936 "HELO marine.sonic.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 12 Nov 2001 17:46:59 -0500 X-envelope-info: Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 14:46:52 -0800 From: Mike Castle To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: File System Performance Message-ID: <20011112144652.A6749@thune.mrc-home.com> Reply-To: Mike Castle Mail-Followup-To: Mike Castle , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3BF03402.87D44589@zip.com.au> <3BF03402.87D44589@zip.com.au> <1005600431.13303.10.camel@jen.americas.sgi.com> <3BF04289.8FC8B7B7@zip.com.au> <9spg3c$7bb$1@penguin.transmeta.com> <3BF04A37.29E19B1A@zip.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3BF04A37.29E19B1A@zip.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 02:16:23PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > One wonders why. No, on doesn't: > Corrections to speed-up the sizeing pass in Amanda: Granted, star's nullout option may have been smarter, and more in the realm of ``least surprise,'' but one can understand why gtar does this. Try tar cf /dev/zero instead. mrc -- Mike Castle dalgoda@ix.netcom.com www.netcom.com/~dalgoda/ We are all of us living in the shadow of Manhattan. -- Watchmen fatal ("You are in a maze of twisty compiler features, all different"); -- gcc - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/