I tried using cp to copy a zip file 106MB from my hard drive to my flash drive (sandisk mini cruzer). After 20 minutes it still had not completed.
xcopy copied the file in 22 seconds. Why would cp be so much slower? Any ideas as to work-arounds? cygcheck output is enclosed. TIA, dar
Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics Current System Time: Wed Sep 29 10:54:10 2004 Windows XP Home Edition Ver 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 Path: C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin C:\cygwin\bin C:\cygwin\bin C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin c:\AppsDev\perl\bin\ C:\cygwin\bin c:\j2sdk\bin c:\WINDOWS\system32 c:\WINDOWS c:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem c:\Program Files\Sonic\MyDVD c:\Program Files\Common Files\Adaptec Shared\System c:\AppsDev\mysql\bin c:\AppsDev\ant\bin z:\rosetta\lib c:\home\bin c:\VISUALSTUDIO\Common\msdev98\BIN c:\VISUALSTUDIO\VC98\BIN c:\VISUALSTUDIO\Common\TOOLS\WINNT c:\VISUALSTUDIO\Common\TOOLS Output from C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe (nontsec) UID: 1007(darogers) GID: 513(None) 513(None) Output from C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe (ntsec) UID: 1007(darogers) GID: 513(None) 0(root) 513(None) 544(Administrators) 545(Users) SysDir: C:\WINDOWS\System32 WinDir: C:\WINDOWS CYGWIN = `ntsec' HOME = `c:\home' MAKE_MODE = `unix' PWD = `/c' USER = `darogers' Use `-r' to scan registry c: hd NTFS 38107Mb 41% CP CS UN PA FC MainDrive d: cd N/A N/A e: cd N/A N/A f: hd NTFS 60000Mb 8% CP CS UN PA FC Work_Drive g: hd NTFS 54470Mb 5% CP CS UN PA FC Extra h: hd FAT32 195Mb 1% CP UN XFER i: fd FAT32 248Mb 53% CP UN SANDISK z: hd NTFS 60000Mb 8% CP CS UN PA FC Work_Drive h: /h user textmode i: /i user textmode w: /w user textmode . /cygdrive user textmode,cygdrive C:\cygwin / system textmode c: /c system binmode d: /d system binmode e: /e system binmode f: /f system binmode g: /g system binmode C:\cygwin/bin /usr/bin system textmode C:\cygwin/lib /usr/lib system textmode C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\lib\X11\fonts /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts system binmode z: /z system binmode . /cygdrive system textmode,cygdrive Found: C:\cygwin\bin\awk.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cat.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cp.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cpp.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\find.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\gcc.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\gdb.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\grep.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ld.exe Found: 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