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Number   :  2584
Date     :  2002-08-01
Author   :  Joseph Maddison
Subject  :  Re: SLOW copying in ONE directory only
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If it were possible to copy in a particular order (SFN order in this instance), 
it would be easier to maintain SFN's in the new directory (hint, hint). Heck, 
you could even retain the "temp" files used to force a particlar SFN until you 
were done processing a particular "prefix".

Joseph Maddison
Minneapolis, MN


Quoting Kan Yabumoto :

> My guess is that the directory has a very large number of
> SFN-collision. That is, there must be a lot of files
> which share the same beginning. In most cases, it is
> safe to ignore discrepancies in LFN-SFN pairing in such
> a directory. I bet the performance will drastically
> improve if you try it with adding the /NX0 switch
> which disables the SFN-preservation feature which is
> probably the most time-consuming aspect of XXCOPY
> operation (only when a large number of SFN-collisions
> take place).



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