> > Cards are being used more and more on the Palm devices and the
> > users start wondering why the file move within one card is so
> > slow, when Windows or PPC manage to do it fast. I personally
> > don't understand why Palm selected this way...
> > (Performing operation on the FAT directory can't be a big deal.)
>
> you are using VFSFileRename() right?
>
> http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/docs/palmos/VFSMgr.html#997456
>
> i would have expected; that this API call would talk to the VFS
> driver and then it would simply update the FAT on the sd card. if
> it doesn't - then someones either been lazy or its really badly
> implemented.
it seems someone was really lazy:
---
Below is an example of how to use VFSFileRename. Note that the
renamed file remains in the /PALM/Programs directory;
VFSFileRename can't be used to move files from one directory
to another.
// volRefNum must have been previously defined; most likely,
// it was returned by VFSVolumeEnumerate
err = VFSFileRename(volRefNum, "/PALM/Programs/foo.prc", "bar.prc");
if (err != errNone)
{
// handle error...
}
---
they could have at least adhered to the standard fileio rename()
function. this means if your doing a move; your actually doing
it by creating a new copy, filling its contents and then deleting
the old copy. no fun. thats gonna take time.
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Aaron Ardiri
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http://www.mobilewizardry.com/
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