On Thu Apr 5 12, Matthias Apitz wrote: > > Hello, > > I was doing > > $ cp -Rv 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 2 /mnt/osm > > and was surprised seeing that source_dir 17 was done before 16; the man > page does not specify the order, but I was thinking it just goes through > the list in the given order... > > Why this is done this way?
i can't remember the reason, but the question has been raised quite often. try searching the archives. i think it had something to do with performance or getting better disk locality, but i'm not sure. however people were argueing whether copying the files in reverse order is really a benefit or not. cheers. alex > > Thanks > > matthias > -- > Matthias Apitz > e <g...@unixarea.de> - w http://www.unixarea.de/ > UNIX since V7 on PDP-11, UNIX on mainframe since ESER 1055 (IBM /370) > UNIX on x86 since SVR4.2 UnixWare 2.1.2, FreeBSD since 2.2.5 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
