Hi Aaron,
exactly that - VFSFileRename; I don't see another possibility. It works only
within one directory, whereas the users expect similar functionality as the
other OS's offer.
Best regards,
Jan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Aaron Ardiri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: Move on the card
> > > 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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