In a recent note, Ron and Jenny Hawkins said: > Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 00:29:20 +0800 > > The old way to kill a bunch of files through a mask was to use DFDSS to back > up and delete the files, with the output assigned to DUMMY. > Yow! Wasn't that rather I/O intensive? (I ask even though I often aver "Silicon is cheaper than carbon.") Or did DFDSS recognize and optimize the output=DUMMY case?
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