Mike, I posted to someone else about checking to make sure you are not staying connected to the database because of some cachine on the workstation.
You might also want to use "Zip Xcopy" or "Zip Ncopy" (on Novell) for your speed tests. I am not sure on NT if you will see any differences between copy and xcopy, but it worth a try. If you are on a Novell Network, using Ncopy will make a big difference copy a database on a server or between servers because it does the copy at the server instead from the workstation. Troy >===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== >Let's try this again. > >I have a program that I use to gauge the time it takes to copy a large >database (1 GB) from one computer to another. > >Here is the code: > >DISCONNECT >-- >PAUSE 1 >-- >SET VAR vstart_time TIME = .#TIME >-- >COPY K:\RBASE\DATA\PMISDATA.* D:\RBASE\DATA >-- >SET VAR vstop_time TIME = .#TIME >-- >OUTPUT PRINT >-- >SHOW VAR %time% >-- >OUTPUT SCREEN >-- >QUIT > >The curious problem I have encountered is that if I simply type RUN >COPYTEST.PRG at the R> I immediately get an error that says "Cannot create >destination file" and the program terminates. If I TRACE the command file, >though, it runs just fine. I am copying from a Windows 2000 system to a >Windows NT Workstation 4.0 system. Plenty of memory and disk space, etc. I >have tried this with different databases with the same result. I am running >the latest version of R:Base for Windows 6.5++. > >Any ideas why RUN doesn't work while TRACE does? Any way to work around it? > >Thanks -- Mike Ramsour > >p.s. I just began using the SET ClipBoard command and man do I love it! >The LISTOF and ITEMCOUNT are "Glorious" too. Continued thanks and accolades >to Razzak and the Dream Team. > > >================================================ >TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: >Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l >================================================ >TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l >================================================ >TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: >http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ Troy Sosamon Denver Co [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
