From: Paul Lynch <plynchnlm@...>
Date: 2009-01-15T02:45:31+09:00
Subject: FileUtils.cp_r is slow?

I wrote a ruby script to backup files from my hard drive to my flash
drive.   For some reason, with one of my flash drives, copying files
with FileUtils.cp_r is about 250 times slower than if I drag and drop
the files from one drive to the other in Windows.  I'm suspecting a
buffer size problem.  Is there a way to control the buffer size cp_r
selects?  If not, what alternatives are there to FileUtils.cp_r?  (I
am about to try writing my own, but someone must already have a
solution....)

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Paul Lynch