Fw: fileutils: speeding up cp.

[Robert Collins]

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Earnie Boyd" <fearnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
To: <cygwin-apps@cygwin.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 12:18 PM
Subject: fileutils: speeding up cp.


> I've noticed that the mv command preextends the file so that all
> required bytes are preallocated.  This happens even when the mv
command
> must cp the file from one drive to another.  This doesn't happen with
cp
> itself.  I'm trying to find where in the source this happens so that I
> can supply a patch that'll cause cp to preallocate the space always.
I
> won't have much time in the next few days so if someone wants to beat
me
> to it, have at it.
>
> If you wish to test the behavior yourself, then use the floppy drive
> because of it's slowness.
>
> Earnie.
>