Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Jun 1998 10:09:50 +0200 (CEST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: e2fs + large disk == slug? |
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On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > Just deleted a 2 Gig file on a Solaris machine. It worked instatntly > > > but the disk space was freed in background. > > > > I thought e2fs was a multithreaded filesystem, isn't it? > > Yes
It's just that the rm isn't multithreaded (or the unlink() for that matter)...
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