I don't mean to sound condescending but you added it somewhere before the final call to xsi.exe, right?
Just saying, because technically adding it at the very end of xsi.bat would in fact do nothing. On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 12:26 PM, olivier jeannel <[email protected]>wrote: > Thank's stephen, > Ok, just did it. With 1 or 0, same paralitic slowdown :( > I don't see any little + as mentionned. > > > > > Le 07/02/2013 18:18, Stephen Blair a écrit : > > Yes, you add a line like this: > > set SI_BROWSER_DONT_CHECK_CHILDREN_FOLDERS=1 > > On 07/02/2013 12:17 PM, olivier jeannel wrote: > > Hi there, > Sorry for bumping that old thread, I just decided to fix my Lan disk > slowdown trouble today. > *In Softimage, if I try to access down to 5 levels of > sub-directories(Z://directory/directory/directory/directory/ ) it takes 5 > minutes to get to it.* > I'm trying the solution mentionned by Vladimir below, > > SI_BROWSER_DONT_CHECK_CHILDREN_FOLDERS > > Controls whether Softimage checks folders for subfolders when displaying > the file browser. Setting this variable to 1 may speed up file operations > on NFS systems, particularly on Linux. When set, folders are always drawn > with an expandable ‘+’ whether or not they contain subfolders. > This is supposed to be in the Setenv.bat , right ? I don't find that > line in the Setenv.bat file. > Am I supposed to add it ? > > Sorry might sound dumb, but I'm not super familiar with Setenv things.. > > Thank you. > > Olivier > > > Le 13/12/2012 19:33, Vladimir Jankijevic a écrit : > > from the docs: > > SI_BROWSER_DONT_CHECK_CHILDREN_FOLDERS > > Controls whether Softimage checks folders for subfolders when displaying > the file browser. Setting this variable to 1 may speed up file operations > on NFS systems, particularly on Linux. When set, folders are always drawn > with an expandable ‘+’ whether or not they contain subfolders. > > > On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 7:22 PM, olivier jeannel > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi guys, >> >> I'm having troubles with XSI and a network disk (Lacie BigDisk). >> It's a Lan (rj45) connexion, and whenever I try to access it it's getting >> very slow. >> >> In Softimage, if I try to access down to 5 level of >> sub-directories(Z://directory/directory/directory/directory/ ) it takes 5 >> minutes to get to it. >> >> It's working rather well in Windows7. So much better that I use to drag >> and drop things from windows to SI rather to navigate using SI explorers. >> >> Might be a configuration thing, any idea ? >> >> >> > > > -- > --------------------------------------- > Vladimir Jankijevic > Technical Direction > > Elefant Studios AG > Lessingstrasse 15 > CH-8002 Zürich > > +41 44 500 48 20 > > www.elefantstudios.ch > --------------------------------------- > > > > >
