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Re: non-verbose ways to make sure Tarsnap is running

To: Colin Percival <cperciva@tarsnap.com>
Subject: Re: non-verbose ways to make sure Tarsnap is running
From: David Prager Branner <brannerchinese@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2012 00:06:36 -0400
Cc: tarsnap-users@tarsnap.com
In-reply-to: <504AC053.6090406@tarsnap.com>
References: <CAPwJMrPDfTGLKHdmr0HDx6XmK_8nMm-HeNw1nmwXwMPx25HW=Q@mail.gmail.com> <504AA917.3090901@tarsnap.com> <CAPwJMrPVgdEf_yRkg_CuRKYNf+sFv7W7DWm_uH+XxnQFjRV=QQ@mail.gmail.com> <504AC053.6090406@tarsnap.com>

Great! - dpb

On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 11:49 PM, Colin Percival <cperciva@tarsnap.com> wrote:

On 09/07/12 20:38, David Prager Branner wrote:
> No, not CPU intensive, but I imagine it has some cost for a large backup, since
> the program must wait until printing each line is finished before proceeding, no?

I just tried with a tree of 55000 files, and running with -v added 0.3 seconds.

So yes, it does have *some* cost, but only about 6 microseconds per file...

--
Colin Percival
Security Officer Emeritus, FreeBSD | The power to serve
Founder, Tarsnap | www.tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid

References:
- non-verbose ways to make sure Tarsnap is running
  - From: David Prager Branner <brannerchinese@gmail.com>
- Re: non-verbose ways to make sure Tarsnap is running
  - From: Colin Percival <cperciva@tarsnap.com>
- Re: non-verbose ways to make sure Tarsnap is running
  - From: David Prager Branner <brannerchinese@gmail.com>
- Re: non-verbose ways to make sure Tarsnap is running
  - From: Colin Percival <cperciva@tarsnap.com>

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