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On 02/13/12 05:49, Helmut Jarausch wrote: |
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> I've written a small Python program which outputs the file names in |
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> i-node order. If this is fed into tar or cpio nearly no seeks are |
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> required during copying. |
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What makes you think the inodes are sequential on-disk? |
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> But it's correctness for backing up data is critical. |
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> Therefore I'd like to ask for comments. |
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You're nuts =) |
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Seriously though, use cp, tar, or rsync. They've seen years of use by |
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millions of people. All of the remaining bugs are sufficiently insidious |
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that you'll never hit them. The same probably isn't true for your script! |
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