Re: XCOPY in the background ?

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From: Alexander Lehner
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 10:39

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In article <1993Jan21.141821.13561@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> 
loescher@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Stephan Loescher) writes:

> 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.

> I thank you for any help!


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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