> Dennis Clarke <dclarke at blastwave.org> wrote: > > > > > A little data never hurts. Even if the numbers mean little. > > > > test 1 - Debian Linux 6.0.5 on x86_64 > > Given the fact, that you did not run star -no-fifo, you compare an > insecure > implementation (gtar never calls fsync(2)) with a secure by default > implementation (star). Comparison numbers are only valid of the tests run are the same. So here is the UFS test once more without the compression and with -no-fifo : jupiter-sparc-SunOS5.10 # ptime /opt/schily/bin/star -x -xdir -xdot -no-fifo -U file=../linux-3.5.1.tar star: 46849 blocks + 0 bytes (total of 479733760 bytes = 468490.00k). real 27:44.237 user 2.031 sys 42.419 Not a good result. dc