using 'mv' instead of 'cp' to transfer directories to other partitions or disks
Matthew Flaschen
matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu
Sun Apr 5 11:39:53 UTC 2009
Aaron Konstam wrote:
> If you are using mv to
> transfer to a different disk or partition it probably a little slower.
Right. Because mv from one partition to another is:
cp + delete src.
And this is slower than just cp, but only slightly since marking a file
deleted is very fast.
Matt Flaschen
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