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Date:      Mon, 30 Jul 2001 16:01:31 -0500
From:      "Steven Ames" <steve@virtual-voodoo.com>
To:        "Alfred Perlstein" <bright@mu.org>, "Jaye Mathisen" <mrcpu@internetcds.com>
Cc:        <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Softupdate gripe...
Message-ID:  <023001c1193a$d1de9f30$28d90c42@eservoffice.com>
References:  <20010730132122.C548@apocalypse.cdsnet.net> <20010730160043.Q26571@elvis.mu.org>

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Alfred Perlstein" <bright@mu.org>
> * Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@internetcds.com> [010730 15:21] wrote:
> >
> > 2 500+GB FS's, both filled completely.
> >
> > Filesystem                   1K-blocks     Used    Avail Capacity
Mounted on
> > /dev/twed3d                  524698116 524697730      386   100%
/d/d0
> > /dev/twed4d                  524698116 524502226   195890   100%
/d/d1
> > newsfeed-inn# rm -f /d/d?/*
> > newsfeed-inn# ls -lR /d
> > total 4

> I hope you're not expecting that 'rm' command to somehow realize that
> it's operating on two seperate FS's.  If you want to see deletions
> happen at the same time you want to do this:

The lack of an ampersand on this command: 'newsfeed-inn# rm -f /d/d?/*'
rather had me believe he waited for it to complete before starting to do
his 'df' and was suprised at how long it was taking softupdates to release
diskspace and at the order in which it was doing it.

-Steve


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