Jesper Krogh <jesper AT krogh DOT cc> writes:

> Can you give us the time for doing a tar to /dev/null of the fileset.
>
> time tar cf /dev/null /path/to/maildir
>
> Then we have a feeling about the "actual read time" for the file of
> the filesystem.

if you're using GNU tar, it will *not* read the files if you dump to
/dev/null.  it will simply stat the files as necessary (you can check
this with strace if you like.)

use /dev/zero to avoid this optimisation.

-- 
regards,          | Redpill  _
Kjetil T. Homme   | Linpro  (_)


-------------------------------------------------------------------------
This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge
Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes
Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world
http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/
_______________________________________________
Bacula-users mailing list
Bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users