On Fri 22 Sep 2023, Kevin Korb via rsync wrote: > 444 {} +' to make read only files for rsync to want to chmod, then used cp > -al to make several duplicate trees using hard linked files. An rm -rf on > one such tree took .97 seconds while an rsync deletion took 1.25 seconds.
Be sure to drop the caches before such tests every time: echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches Paul -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html