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Date:	Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:38:58 -0700
From:	"sam reckoner" <sam DOT reckoner AT gmail DOT com>
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Subject:	copying a million tiny files?
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I'm not exaggerating. I have over one million small files that like to
move between disks. The problem is that even getting a directory
listing takes forever.

Is there a best practice for this?

I don't really need the directory listing, I just need to move all the
files. I have been using rsync, but that takes a very long time to
generate the list of files to be moved.

Any alternatives?

Thanks in advance.

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