=== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Earnie Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 12:18 PM Subject: fileutils: speeding up cp.
> I've noticed that the mv command preextends the file so that all > required bytes are preallocated. This happens even when the mv command > must cp the file from one drive to another. This doesn't happen with cp > itself. I'm trying to find where in the source this happens so that I > can supply a patch that'll cause cp to preallocate the space always. I > won't have much time in the next few days so if someone wants to beat me > to it, have at it. > > If you wish to test the behavior yourself, then use the floppy drive > because of it's slowness. > > Earnie. >
