> > As an aside, cat should write to a disk device node in a minimum size of one > page for the CPU in question so it's performance should be almost the same > as > using dd with the bs=1m option. I say should because I submitted a patch to > make it do so about 10 years ago, I recall that the patch was accepted and I > hope it hasn't been backed out. >
Presumably when not using the oflag=direct option, the writes are merged anyway. James _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
