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  • ..is this entirely in ram?

    From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Maurice Kinal on Sunday, August 24, 2025 21:59:00
    Hello Maurice!

    Is a linux process like this processed entirely in ram until
    the final output to OutputDIR:

    tar cvf - -C SourceDIR . | gpg -e -r NAME - | split -b SIZE -
    OutputDIR

    --
    ../|ug

    --- OpenXP 5.0.64
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  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001 to August Abolins on Monday, August 25, 2025 11:25:24
    Hey August!

    Is a linux process like this processed entirely in ram until the
    final output to OutputDIR:

    tar cvf - -C SourceDIR . | gpg -e -r NAME - |
    split -b SIZE - OutputDIR

    My guess is yes BUT usually some sort of swapping to disk will be required if there isn't enough ram to process the entire output of SourceDIR before writing it to OutputDIR.

    Дуже груви,
    Maurice

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