X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <47299D6F.9050909@pacific.net.sg> Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:33:35 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070826) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: copying a million tiny files? References: <6a42eec70710311438s273b63dcxc6c741dde4593afc@mail.gmail.com> <47294BE7.E195E110@dessent.net> <001c01c81c3d$992990c0$020aa8c0@DFW5RB41> <20071101155758.4084@blackhawk> <47297CD3.40ACEE1D@dessent.net> In-Reply-To: <47297CD3.40ACEE1D@dessent.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Hi, Brian Dessent wrote: > >> Using xcopy, is kind of silly and wont get you compatiblity...... especially in scripts.... > > Portability to non-Windows systems is of course a problem but xcopy is > present on every install of Windows that has ever existed going back to > some very old version of MS-DOS so it is probably one of the most > portable commands in existance on this platform. > if I remember right, XCOPY is older than any networking stuff on this plattform. It should be there since the first hard disks have been there. Erich -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/