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- From: loescher@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Stephan Loescher)
- Subject: Re: XCOPY in the background ?
- References: <1993Jan21.141821.13561@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> <1993Jan22.103951.19978@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
- Originator: loescher@hphalle0a.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
- Sender: news@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (USENET Newssystem)
- Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 11:12:03 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.111203.20935@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
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- In article <1993Jan22.103951.19978@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>, lehner@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Alexander Lehner) writes:
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- |> In article <1993Jan21.141821.13561@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
- |> loescher@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Stephan Loescher) writes:
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- |> > Hello!
- |>
- |> > I'm looking for a possibility to run XCOPY, COPY, MOVE, or other DOS-programs
- |> > in the background (multitasking), so I can work in the foreground with another
- |> > program. (like in UNIX: 'command &' runs 'command' in the background)
- |> > I would prefer a unit or program in Pascal or a already compiled program.
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- |> > I thank you for any help!
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- |> If You need background running because your disk-transfers are time-intensive,
- |> you could use a caching program with delayed write (as HyperDisk).
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- I have tested HyperDisk, but I also needs some time, and the smaller the cache,
- the longer it takes.
- Perhaps you have configured HyperDisk better than I have?
- (Can you tell me the command-line in your config.sys, which version of HyperDisk
- you have and which memory you use?)
-
- Stephan.
-