Changeset 542 for trunk/confman.conf.5.in

Timestamp:

12/15/2011 16:37:53 (5 months ago)

Author:

blee

Message:

Add new option CONF_EXPORT_INCREMENTAL_LN to allow incremental confexports
to use ln(1) rather than cp(1). This only works when temporary files and
CONF_EXPORT_FILE are on the same filesystem partition.

See #140

File:

• trunk/confman.conf.5.in (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/confman.conf.5.in

@@ -114 +114 @@
 .Xr confexport 8 run.  This option has no effect when using repository-style
 exports.
+.It CONF_EXPORT_INCREMENTAL_LN
+This option further optimizes
+.Xr confexport 8 performance when using CONF_EXPORT_INCREMENTAL.  When enabled,
+.Xr confexport 8 will use
+.Xr ln 1 to copy unchanged exports into the new export rather than
+.Xr cp 1 .  This option can only be used if temporary files are created
+on the same filesystem partition as CONF_EXPORT_FILE.
 .It CONF_FETCH_SSH_KEY
 This is a private SSH keyfile for use with "sftp://" and "scp://" URIs above.