[sf-lug] tar Workaround for the Ubuntu "slow copy" Problem

[Akkana Peck]

Ron writes:
> Strangely, I don't have anything under `man proc_buddyinfo`, but it's under
> `man proc`; strange because I see it in a web search, i.e.:
> 
> https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/proc_buddyinfo.5.html

A good way to find out about possibly missing files on Debian based systems is apt-file (not installed by default). On my sid system:

$ apt-file search proc_buddyinfo.5
manpages: /usr/share/man/man5/proc_buddyinfo.5.gz
(plus manpage entries for a list of other languages)

So I do have /usr/share/man/man5/proc_buddyinfo.5.gz, and it comes from the general "manpages" package, but if it came from some other package, I'd know what I need to install to get that man page. Sounds like your system is probably different, but if it's Debian-based, apt-file will tell you.

And thanks to Ken for posting about the nocache command. I'll definitely try it next time I do a big file copy.

        ...Akkana