On 07/04/2014 11:06 PM, Bob Williams wrote: > On 04/07/14 21:38, Goffredo Baroncelli wrote: > > Thank you, Goffredo. As the current /home/bob is not a subvolume, but > a regular linux directory/folder, will the "cp --reflink" still carry > the same speed advantage? > > In other words, using your example above, will this work: > > # cp --reflink -R normal_directory-A/* subvolume-B/ > # rm -rf normal_directory-A/ Yes. If you want to move (or copy) files between subvolume, cp --reflink is faster. I have to point out that the "--reflink" is only an internal detail. The two file are logically separated: if you after the copy change the source, the destination is unaffected. > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- gpg @keyserver.linux.it: Goffredo Baroncelli (kreijackATinwind.it> Key fingerprint BBF5 1610 0B64 DAC6 5F7D 17B2 0EDA 9B37 8B82 E0B5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
