This doesn't seem to work for me. I use cp -a, and dropped the v from the tar to suppress output. here is the outputs of the two different commands: wwarner:/usr# cd wwarner:~# cd /usr wwarner:/usr# du -sh lib 673M lib wwarner:/usr# time cp -a lib /tmp real 2m59.519s user 0m0.129s sys 0m4.279s wwarner:/usr# rm -rf /tmp/lib wwarner:/usr# time tar -cf - lib | tar -C /tmp -xf - real 3m2.839s user 0m0.362s sys 0m5.703s On Thu, 2004-09-16 at 09:58, Jonathan Hohle wrote: > you might want to try this trick i found on the gentoo-wiki a few > weeks ago ( http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Fast_Copy ). > > instead of doing: > cp -v file destination > you can do > tar -cf - file | tar -C destination -xvf - > > read the wiki for more information and how to do it over ssh. > > Jon > <>< > > On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 09:53:21 -0700, ShieldX wrote: > > I'm using the stock 2.4 i386 kernel that comes with woody, > > > > I'm thinking it's a kernel problem as well, but don't want to commit > > to a sarge net install 'upgrade' (over a 56k line, *ack*) without being sure > > if it will help at all. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > -- Bill Warner --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss