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minus-squareClassy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI recently used mv on a folder containing a massive quantity and size of files, and it completed the operation in like a second. I’m used to windows taking forever to do the same thing
minus-squareimaging2162@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI think this is because in windows the file is physically moved on disk. In Linux the pointer is changed but the file is not moved physically on disk
I recently used mv on a folder containing a massive quantity and size of files, and it completed the operation in like a second. I’m used to windows taking forever to do the same thing
I think this is because in windows the file is physically moved on disk. In Linux the pointer is changed but the file is not moved physically on disk