Messages in this thread | | | From | Rob van Nieuwkerk <> | Subject | Re: Deletion of big files... | Date | Sun, 16 May 1999 17:53:56 +0200 (CEST) |
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Rik van Riel wrote: > > On Fri, 14 May 1999, Jorge Gonzalez Villalonga wrote: > > > I have noticed that when I delete a big file (say 800MB), with a > > rm command, for example, the rm command does not return until the > > file has been deleted (or so it seems). > > > In other Unices, like IRIX, the rm command returns _inmediately_, no > > matter the size of the file. > > > Looks to me like the unlink syscall is somewhat synchronous, and it > > shouldn't, or does it? For this concrete issue, it could be easily > > solved by the unlink syscall starting a thread to unlink the big file, > > Cosmetics. > > $ rm bigfile& > > will achieve exactly the same thing at no kernel > cost...
Hi,
Freeing the allocated space *is* incredibly slow under Linux though. On my machine (P133) it is something like 15 MB/s.
Tried with HP-UX sometime ago: Not only does the rm command return immediatly, but the space is freed also immediatly (as shown by "df").
Greetings, Rob van Nieuwkerk
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