Re: is "cp" the fastest copy?

On 2008-08-03, ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Peter Köhlmann wrote:
ToddAndMargo wrote:

Hi All,

I need to copy an ~1gb file from one partition to
another. Is there a faster utility to do this than "cp"?"

Many thanks,
-T

Why bother with files that small?

I can be, well, impatient, at times. (Like when I want to
go home and I am doing a backup I have to wait for.)

:-)

-T

nohup cp file1 file2 &
.

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