Re: Fast file copy (threaded or not?)

[Walter Bright]

On 9/1/2011 1:13 PM, Marco Leise wrote:
I split the discussion with Andrei about the benefit of a multi-threaded file
copy routine to its own thread.
This is about copying a file from and to the same HDD - a mechanical disk with
seek times.

On Windows, we should just stick with the Windows CopyFile function:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa363851(v=vs.85).aspx

And let the MS guys do their thing. Presumably they will do what works best on 
Windows.