Reply to note from "F.Barrau" Sat, 4 Jun 2005
03:33:23 -0300
> In my slow sistem (400Mhz), 2700 files in several levels, it
> takes 3.07 seconds to do the huge archive (150k). Adding DX and
> DO FF, only 1.88 seconds.
I had this vague recollection that freezing the display had some
side effects in III+. But if DX does no harm, let's go with it.
(See revised BIGDIR.PM, attached.)
> 1) why do you use BC WAIT
Pascal's wager. Can't hurt, might help. Probably does nothing.
Omitted in the attached revision.
> 2) What's the efect of the MR command
Do you mean ME? That's the critical operation here. It MErges the
output of the DIR command (executed in DOS) into the now-empty
XyWrite directory window.
Try this version, please, and let me know what you find. Thanks for
your comments, Francisco.
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Carl Distefano
cld@xxxxxxxx
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