[OFFTOPIC] same filesystem performance [WAS:] Re: [grsec] grtool 0.2

[Marc Schiffbauer]

* Sascha Wuestemann schrieb am 24.06.05 um 18:24 Uhr:
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 02:14:05PM +0200 or thereabouts, Marc Schiffbauer wrote:
> > Changes since grtool 0.1:
> > VERSION 0.2:
> >   FEATURES:
> >     * New global switch: -t/--temp-dir to specify a TEMP dir
> >       to use.
> >       Be sure to choose a tempdir thats on the same filesystem
> >       as the original files for better performance and saving
> >       I/O
> 
> Hi Marc,
> 
> what leads you to the opinion file operations to the same filesystem are
> more performant than to another harddisk's filesystem?

No. grtool moves files from and to the TMPDIR. So its better if the
TMPDIR is on the same FS so that mv is not the same as cp && rm.
Thats all.

-Marc

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