Re: Various Questions for DOS Programming...HELP NEEDED

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From: Prince of Darkness
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1996 21:55

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trauschu@cs.trinity.edu (Megaman) wrote:
>(3) What is the best way to perform a file "COPY" instruction?  Should I make
>a call to system(), or should I try to make my program more internal by
>writing my own "COPY" procedure?  If so, what is teh best way to do this?

------- Well, I can help you with this one. THe best way to make your
own copy command is to open the two files [one for read and one for
write] and read from the source file in large blocks, say 32 or 64K.
Then write those blocks to the destination file.

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