copy large files in Rev on Mac

[Klaus Major]

Dag Mark,

> Hi Klaus,
>
> Why not simple this...
>
> on xCopyFile theFile,theNewFile
>     open file theFile for binary read
>     open file theNewFile for binary write
>     repeat until it is empty
>       read from file theFile for 10000
>       write it to file theNewFile
>       wait 0 millisecs with messages
>     end repeat
>     close file theFile
>     close file theNewFile
> end xCopyFile
>
> It is faster than you'd expect and you could add a progress bar. Of  
> course, you need to set the file type and creator and you might  
> want to copy the resource fork. All that isn't in this simple example.

Hmmm, might be a solution but will of course fail with OS X apps and  
files that are actually bundles,
like most iWork documents (Pages, Numbers etc...)

Anyway, hartelijk bedankt :-)

> Best regards,
>
> Mark Schonewille
>
> --
>
> Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering
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Regards

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de