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bs=1 is a recipe for waiting far longer than you have to because of the overhead of the system calls. Better bs=N count=1
by fragmede 7mo ago
bs=1 is a recipe for waiting far longer than you have to because of the overhead of the system calls. Better bs=N count=1
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- __david__ 7mo agoThat’s also not great if you’re trying to make a 10 gigabyte file. In that case, use bs=1M and count=SizeInMB.
- marcosdumay 7mo agoModern computers are crazily overengineered... Most current desktops (smaller than your usual server) won't have any problem with the GP's command. Yours is still better, of course.