Re: Idea for reducing disk IO on tagging operations

2005-03-28 Thread Dr. David Alan Gilbert
- and experiences welcome. Dave -Open up your eyes, open up your mind, open up your code --- / Dr. David Alan Gilbert| Running GNU/Linux on Alpha,68K| Happy \ \ gro.gilbert @ treblig.org | MIPS,x86,ARM,SPARC,PPC HPPA | In Hex / \ _|_ http://www.treblig.org

Re: Idea for reducing disk IO on tagging operations

2005-03-28 Thread Dr. David Alan Gilbert
a repository which has had my patch inflicted on it. (The existing cvs code that rewrites the file will remove any excess white space you added up there anyway.) Dave -Open up your eyes, open up your mind, open up your code --- / Dr. David Alan Gilbert| Running GNU/Linux on Alpha,68K

Re: Idea for reducing disk IO on tagging operations

2005-03-23 Thread Dr. David Alan Gilbert
* Jim Hyslop ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote: 2) I could do with a better under standing of the directory locks; pointers? I've read the top of lock.c but it still doesn't tell me enough; for example there seem to be multiple lock files used - but then surely

Re: Idea for reducing disk IO on tagging operations

2005-03-22 Thread Dr. David Alan Gilbert
; but I'm up for suggestions. Dave -Open up your eyes, open up your mind, open up your code --- / Dr. David Alan Gilbert| Running GNU/Linux on Alpha,68K| Happy \ \ gro.gilbert @ treblig.org | MIPS,x86,ARM,SPARC,PPC HPPA | In Hex / \ _|_ http

Idea for reducing disk IO on tagging operations

2005-03-20 Thread Dr. David Alan Gilbert
to ensure consistency, or is the locking that is carried out sufficient? Does this make sense? Dave -Open up your eyes, open up your mind, open up your code --- / Dr. David Alan Gilbert| Running GNU/Linux on Alpha,68K| Happy \ \ gro.gilbert @ treblig.org | MIPS,x86,ARM,SPARC,PPC

Re: Idea for reducing disk IO on tagging operations

2005-03-20 Thread Dr. David Alan Gilbert
[Resend: I sent it with the wrong 'from' address - apologies if you get both] * Mark D. Baushke ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Mark, Thanks for your reply. Dr. David Alan Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So - here are my questions/ideas

Re: Idea for reducing disk IO on tagging operations

2005-03-20 Thread Dr. David Alan Gilbert
* performed by cvs itself? i.e. would my trick (if I can solve the interrupted write case) be completely safe with any use of cvs as long as you didn't access the files externally? Dave -Open up your eyes, open up your mind, open up your code --- / Dr. David Alan Gilbert| Running GNU

Re: Idea for reducing disk IO on tagging operations

2005-03-20 Thread Dr. David Alan Gilbert
* Mark D. Baushke ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dr. David Alan Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: OK, if I create a dummy ,foo.c, before modifying (or create a hardlink with that name to foo.c,v ?) would that be sufficient? I would say