Actually, the below functions work pretty fast on Win7 (will test on OS X).
Added them as a back script.... works nicely. Credit where credit is due,
the fileSize function I grabbed from the mailing list (weird that such a
thing is not readily available....)
function fileSize pFilePath
-- split the file path into the folder and url-encoded file name
local tFolder, tEncodedFile
set the itemDelimiter to slash
put item 1 to -2 of pFilePath into tFolder
put urlEncode(item -1 of pFilePath) into tEncodedFile
set the itemDelimiter to comma
-- now change the defaultfolder and get the detailed files information
local tOldDefaultFolder, tDetailedFiles
put the defaultFolder into tOldDefaultFolder
set the defaultFolder to tFolder
put the detailed files into tDetailedFiles
set the defaultFolder to tOldDefaultFolder
-- filter down the list to just the file we're interested in
filter tDetailedFiles with (tEncodedFile & ",*")
return (item 2 of tDetailedFiles + item 3 of tDetailedFiles)
end FileSize
on copyFile source,destination
--revCopyFile source,destination
put fileSize(source) into theSize
open file source for binary read
open file destination for binary write
put 16384 into buflen
repeat until theSize is 0
if theSize >16384 then put 16384 into buflen
read from file source for buflen
write it to file destination
subtract buflen from theSize
put theSize into buflen
end repeat
close file source
close file destination
end copyFile
On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> For shell windows showing look at the property hideConsoleWindows
>
> If you're worried about shell blocking, could do your file management stuff
> as a process instead.
>
> Syntax:
> open process appName [for [text|binary] {read | write | update | neither}]
>
> Haven't done much with open process myself, but can probably do what you
> want that way.
>
> On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Maarten Koopmans <
> maarten.koopm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I'll try the command shell, I hope the command window doesn't show.
> > Blocking behavior is another fear ( why revCopyFile is unacceptable).
> >
> > Thanks for all the hints and advice everybody!
> >
> > --Maarten
> >
> > On Sunday, April 10, 2011, Jim Ault <jimaultw...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > On Apr 10, 2011, at 5:31 AM, Mark Schonewille wrote:
> > >
> > > Maarten,
> > > That depends on many factors. I have been in situations where writing a
> > few tens of thousands of files too hours using read/write, while using
> the
> > shell command took a few minutes. I have also been in situations where
> > read/write was actually the preferred method. If it is about speed,
> though,
> > I'd go with the command line. You can do the benchmarking if it really
> > matters to you.
> > >
> > >
> > > And if you program your progress bar to show
> > > movie trailers, sports highlights, or car crashes,
> > > the user won't mind so much if the file writing process is slower.
> > >
> > > Jim Ault
> > > Las Vegas
> > >
> > >
> > > On 10 apr 2011, at 14:14, Maarten Koopmans wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Really? Ever benchmarked open, read, write on files? How slow are
> they?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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