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From: neufeld@physics.utoronto.ca (Christopher Neufeld)
Subject: Re: Reordering GS/OS directories
Message-ID: <1991Jan23.123101.6534@helios.physics.utoronto.ca>
Organization: University of Toronto Physics/Astronomy/CITA
References: <1991Jan20.123020.26408@helios.physics.utoronto.ca> <14925@smoke.brl.mil> <1991Jan23.051226.28901@ee.ualberta.ca> <1991Jan23.064003.591@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 23 Jan 91 17:31:01 GMT

In article <1991Jan23.064003.591@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> bazyar@cs.uiuc.edu (Jawaid Bazyar) writes:
>In article <1991Jan23.051226.28901@ee.ualberta.ca> jpenne@ee.ualberta.ca (Jerry Penner) writes:
>
>>The problem with copying files is that if you have lots (>100) files,it
>>is going to take over a minutes if you need a bunch of things in specific
>>orders.  What we need (and I don't think it exists, unless Prosel can do
>>it (and I don't have prosel and have never seen it)) is a program
>>that lets you do arbitrary file swaps.  On ANY size directory.
>
>  Note that Doug said "move" not "copy". Moving a file with the finder
>to a different directory on the same disk takes a minimal amount of time-
>only the directory entry is messed with, not the file.
>
   Aagh, you're right. I forgot about that feature. Sorry, Doug, I take
back my objection.

>Jawaid Bazyar               | Girl don't stop the screamin',
>bazyar@cs.uiuc.edu          | There's so much beauty


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