[PLUG] copying large numbers of files

[Paul Heinlein]

On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, Brent Rieck wrote:

>  I'm trying to make a copy of a directory tree containing a large 
> number of very small files, and it's taking forever, as in 2 hours 
> and counting.  Is there a "fast" way to do this?

It'd be helpful to know what technique you're currently using. :-)

Me, I'm a sucker for tar and pipes:

# the traditional way
tar cf - dirA dirB | ( cd /dest/dir && tar xf - )

# the gnu way
tar c dirA dirB | tar xC /dest/dir

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