Subj : Re: MS XCOPY v 4DOS internal COPY To : Charles Dye From : meirman Date : Sat Feb 02 2002 10:47 pm From: meirman@f3.n342.z1.cereal.mv.com (meirman) Subject: Re: MS XCOPY v 4DOS internal COPY From: meirman In comp.os.msdos.4dos on Sat, 02 Feb 2002 22:12:22 GMT raster@highfiber.com (Charles Dye) posted: >On my system, Win98 SE operating in DOS mode with SmartDrive disabled >for testing purposes and BUFFERS=30, copying a single 180-megabyte >file from one logical volume to another on the same physical hard >drive, I find no significant difference between 4DOS's internal COPY >command and COMMAND.COM's COPY. XCOPY is somewhat faster than >either, perhaps 8% faster. > >Testing with a large number of small files I leave to somebody else. Unrelated, I use xcopy when I do for the parameters it accepts. Straight dos copy doesn't iirc have /s or /m, and often I need those. 4dos may have these, but maybe I won't always everywhere have 4dos. Sometimes I need parameters that xcopy doesn't have and then I use copy or xxcopy. It doesn't copy hidden files for example. I should probably use xxcopy more often. IIRC, I can use that anywhere without a license. meirman@QQQerols.com If you email me, please let me know whether remove the QQQ or not you are posting the same letter. -- |Fidonet: meirman 1:342/3 | | Origin: The Cereal Port BBS (603)899-3335 199.125.78.133 (1:132/152) --- # Origin: (1:132/152.4) * Origin: Baddog BBS (1:218/903) .