> tar cf - /path/to/NFS/dir | dd of=/dev/null > > The pipe is to force tar to NOT realize it's writing to /dev/null and > just complete quickly.
Hey - I really like that! I have been very upset with tar before, when I did "tar cf - . > /dev/null" only to have it complete instantly. Why would you ever want to crawl the filesystem and throw it away? To crawl the filesystem, duh. ;-) Prove I can, and measure how long it takes. _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
