Subj : Re: MS XCOPY v 4DOS internal COPY To : Outsider From : Klaus Meinhard Date : Mon Feb 11 2002 01:59 pm From: Klaus.Meinhard@f3.n342.z1.cereal.mv.com (Klaus Meinhard) Subject: Re: MS XCOPY v 4DOS internal COPY From: "Klaus Meinhard" > Probably 4DOS uses real pipes like Unix, 4DOS pipes are DOS pipes, hiden temporary files. The difference may be better coding ... > > O> If you need a good batch timer program, see below. > > > > 4dos has one built in. > > That is good, if it is very precise. It has the usual DOS precision, which is 1/18th second (about 0,05 s). For anything more precise, you'll need some external util or just run a test eg. a 100 times and then determine the mean arithmetically. -- Viele Grube, best regards, *Klaus Meinhard* 07O36'57" East 53O07'52" North Author of the 4XBTM batch collection at http://www.4xbtm.de -- |Fidonet: Klaus Meinhard 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) .