On 06Oct2020 16:32, ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >I am noticing that > > tar czvf xxxxx > >is only using one of my cores (and pretty much all of >the core). > >Is there a way to get it to use more than one core? It is writing data serailly. In what way do you think using another core would help? Last time I looks the "z" part was done by forking a gzip command for the compression. So tar would be doing little (copying data to the gzip) and the gzip would be CPU bound if it can get data fast enough and write out fast enough. Cheers, Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
