Minor update 1.8a (last one for a while) https://github.com/FDOS/xcopy https://github.com/FDOS/xcopy/releases/download/v1.8a/xcopy18a.zip
Further reduce stack usage on recursive xcopy. Using Tom's example C:\1\2\3\...\d\e\f\... a quick test worked for as deep as FreeCom allowed to create a nested directory (over 2 dozen levels deep). Jeremy On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM tom ehlert via Freedos-devel <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > Hallo Herr Jerome Shidel via Freedos-devel, > > am Freitag, 21. März 2025 um 17:12 schrieben Sie: > > > > I was just sent a test build of xcopy with an increased stack size. > > > The Stack Overflow did not occur on the existing filesystem during the copy. > > > After adding some deeper sub-directory nesting, the Overflow returned at > > that point in the copy. > > > So, the increased stack size improved the problem. But, did not solve it. > > which is only logical. > > each level of subdirectory requires (with the current source, and the current > compiler) ~2KB stack. > > a directory tree with a file > > c:\a\b\c\d\e\f\g\h\i\j\k\l\m\n\o\p\q\r\s\t\u\v\w\x\y\someFile > > will consistently nuke XCOPY and MOVE, and we know why. > > Tom > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
