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Re: tar -> unresponsive machine



Vincent Lefevre:
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> Is it normal that when using the "tar" command to create a big archive,
> the whole machine becomes unresponsive, e.g. several dozens of seconds
> to do some operation (e.g. starting an xterm, or making Firefox react)?

No. What storage device is tar writing to/reading from?

J.
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