23 Aug
2013
23 Aug
'13
8:48 a.m.
----- Original Message ----- | Hi All. | | I currently have a problem on my backup server with very large number | of | small files in a large number of directories. I would like to delete | them | as fast as possible. Currently I use: | | rsync -a --delete /empty_directory/ dir_to_clean/ | | I've read that rsync will be faster than rm or find. | Can you recommend something? I use an ext4 filesystem. | | Best regards, | Rafal.
If it's on a different file system than mkfs is the fastest. ;)
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James A. Peltier
Manager, IT Services - Research Computing Group
Simon Fraser University - Burnaby Campus
Phone : 778-782-6573
Fax : 778-782-3045
E-Mail : jpeltier@sfu.ca
Website : http://www.sfu.ca/itservices
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