revCopyFile slow?

[Mike Bonner]

For shell windows showing look at the property hideConsoleWindows

If you're worried about shell blocking, could do your file management stuff
as a process instead.

Syntax:
open process appName [for [text|binary] {read | write | update | neither}]

Haven't done much with open process myself, but can probably do what you
want that way.

On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Maarten Koopmans <
maarten.koopmans at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'll try the command shell, I hope the command window doesn't show.
> Blocking behavior is another fear ( why revCopyFile is unacceptable).
>
> Thanks for all the hints and advice everybody!
>
> --Maarten
>
> On Sunday, April 10, 2011, Jim Ault <jimaultwins at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > On Apr 10, 2011, at 5:31 AM, Mark Schonewille wrote:
> >
> > Maarten,
> > That depends on many factors. I have been in situations where writing a
> few tens of thousands of files too hours using read/write, while using the
> shell command took a few minutes. I have also been in situations where
> read/write was actually the preferred method. If it is about speed, though,
> I'd go with the command line. You can do the benchmarking if it really
> matters to you.
> >
> >
> > And if you program your progress bar to show
> > movie trailers, sports highlights, or car crashes,
> > the user won't mind so much if the file writing process is slower.
> >
> > Jim Ault
> > Las Vegas
> >
> >
> > On 10 apr 2011, at 14:14, Maarten Koopmans wrote:
> >
> >
> > Really?  Ever benchmarked open, read, write on files? How slow are they?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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