Subj : Re: MS XCOPY v 4DOS internal COPY To : Steve From : John Twombly Date : Sat Feb 09 2002 12:37 pm From: John.Twombly@f3.n342.z1.cereal.mv.com (John Twombly) Subject: Re: MS XCOPY v 4DOS internal COPY From: John Twombly On Sat, 02 Feb 2002 01:39:39 GMT, "E. S. (Steve) Fabian" wrote: >Charles Dye wrote: >> >> You can still use it, of course; but >> you may find it more convenient to simply use the internal COPY >> command instead. > >The sole reason I use XCOPY is that it is supposed to be faster due to >its own buffering. How does TC32, 4NT, and 4DOS internal COPY speed >compare with MS's XCOPY? Just a little nitpick: xcopy is one of those programming gems, believe it or not. It was written in a few days - by IBM, not Microsoft. By most accounts, it's an excellent feat considering the rush job. -- |Fidonet: John Twombly 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) .