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Re: NSTask and copying lots of small files


On 30 Jan 2006, at 21:02, Sean McBride wrote:

On 2006-01-28 19:02, Jonathan Fewtrell said:

My app copies a directory from CD to the hard drive. The directory
contains a few hundred small files (say 10k each).

If I use NSFileManager's copyPath method, the process is very slow.

Maybe try the File Manager? 10.4 has the FSCopyObjectSync() API and for
older OSes there is this sample:

<https://developer.apple.com/samplecode/FSCopyObject/ FSCopyObject.html>

Maybe check out MoreFiles too:

<http://developer.apple.com/samplecode/MoreFilesX/MoreFilesX.html>


Thanks. I'll take a look.

In the meantime, running ditto through NSTask has suddenly started working smoothly in the same way it does in the Terminal. I've no idea why, as I don't think I changed any relevant code. Doesn't give a very comforting feel of robustness, so I'll check out your suggestions anyway.
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