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Re: XCOPY in the background ?

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From: Stephan Loescher
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 11:12
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In article <1993Jan22.103951.19978@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>, lehner@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Alexander Lehner) writes:
|> 
|> 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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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.
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From: loescher@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Stephan Loescher)
Subject: Re: XCOPY in the background ?
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