Re: soft link vs. direct efficiency

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On 04/03/2012 11:19 AM, Steven Stern wrote:
> I've added a second disk to my system (/dev/sdb1) and moved a directory
> from my home folder there. I then created a soft link to the new
directory:
>
> ln -s /mnt/sdb1/mystuff/folderA folderA
>
> When I'm copying files to it, is there any loss of efficiency (in a
> measurable sense) between
>
> rsync /path/to/folderB ~/folderA and
> rsync /path/to/folderB /mnt/sdb1/mystuff/folderA
>
>
Not enough to make any difference. The directories would be buffered
in either case, so the only delay would be in resolving the symlink
on the first read.

Mikkel
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