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Re: Problems with speed & "Info For"
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Re: Problems with speed & "Info For"


  • Subject: Re: Problems with speed & "Info For"
  • From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 12:30:06 -0800

On 1/31/02 8:43 AM, "Brian Johnson" <email@hidden> wrote:

> The "info for" solution is actually lots faster (11 vs 3 seconds in a 500
> count repeat loop) if the target folder is small (38 items, 1.4MB).
> Interestingly, if the target is an alias to the folder or a file, it takes
> longer (14 v. 9 and 15 v. 10, respectively) and if it's a simple file they
> come out about equal (10 v. 10). For now, the "info for" solution seems
> like the winner, even if the resulting script is fairly slow in some
> cases.

I think you've been told about Akua's 'basic info for' and 'extended info
for' a few times by now. It has all the advantages of 'info for' without the
downside: it's extremely fast, and doesn't compute 'size'.. If you were
willing to consider Tanaka's osax, why not Akua's osax?

--
Paul Berkowitz


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