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Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:41:06 -0400
From: "Brian Mathis" <brian DOT mathis AT gmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: copying a million tiny files?
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On 10/31/07, sam reckoner <sam DOT reckoner AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> 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.


Try using tar or zip to make 1 file of the whole folder, then transfer
that one file.

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