RE: Speed of Cygwin's cp vs. Windows Explorer

2007-05-15 Thread Dave Korn
On 15 May 2007 08:03, Morgan Gangwere wrote: > it would appear that until we increase the i/o buffer (am i using the > right term?) to do the cp, we run slower than the windows cp > > is there a #DEFINE or some thing that we could add a diff for that > adventurous people could use? If you bui

Re: Speed of Cygwin's cp vs. Windows Explorer

2007-05-15 Thread Morgan Gangwere
On 5/14/07, Brian Ford wrote: On Sat, 12 May 2007, Bob Heckel wrote: > Why would using Cygwin's cp to copy a large file from one Windows XP > box to another take 30 minutes but take only 10 minutes if I use drag > 'n' drop (via Explorer)? > > I saw mention of speed in other posts but couldn't f

Re: Speed of Cygwin's cp vs. Windows Explorer

2007-05-14 Thread Brian Ford
On Sat, 12 May 2007, Bob Heckel wrote: > Why would using Cygwin's cp to copy a large file from one Windows XP > box to another take 30 minutes but take only 10 minutes if I use drag > 'n' drop (via Explorer)? > > I saw mention of speed in other posts but couldn't figure out if there > was a soluti

Re: Speed of Cygwin's cp vs. Windows Explorer

2007-05-13 Thread ls-cygwin-2006
Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > According to Bob Heckel on 5/12/2007 7:23 AM: >> Why would using Cygwin's cp to copy a large file from one Windows XP >> box to another take 30 minutes but take only 10 minutes if I use drag >> 'n' drop (via Explorer)? > > It has been mentioned in the past

Re: Speed of Cygwin's cp vs. Windows Explorer

2007-05-12 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Bob Heckel on 5/12/2007 7:23 AM: > Why would using Cygwin's cp to copy a large file from one Windows XP > box to another take 30 minutes but take only 10 minutes if I use drag > 'n' drop (via Explorer)? It has been mentioned in the past,

Speed of Cygwin's cp vs. Windows Explorer

2007-05-12 Thread Bob Heckel
Why would using Cygwin's cp to copy a large file from one Windows XP box to another take 30 minutes but take only 10 minutes if I use drag 'n' drop (via Explorer)? I saw mention of speed in other posts but couldn't figure out if there was a solution - could it be buffer sizes or something configu