Need to write a program that copies a file from one location to another

[fbrdphreak]

So I'm endeavoring to write a program that will copy a file or group of files from one location to another and time how long it takes for the file copy to complete.

I've done my share of Java programming, as well as dabbling in numerous other languages.

Could I do something like this with a simple batch file? I know I could copy a file using the batch file, but what about keeping a timer and detecting when the copy is complete?

Any input is appreciated!

 

[EagleKeeper]

Using the batch file makes sense
Log the start time
copy the files
Log the finish time

Make sure that you redirect the log to a log file.

Then either develop a function to parse the log file to extract the times, or just use the old fashion eyeball and noddle method.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Great, I'm looking into further batch file commands to figure out the specifics

I'll post back with more questions

 

[EagleKeeper]

time /t display the time without any prompts
xcopy Lopys the files. To look at the switches(options) for the command xcopy /?

 

[fbrdphreak]

Thanks for the info

A friend also suggested C++ would do this pretty easily, and with some MS Visual C++ that I get free I could make a nice GUI that would hopefully just pop up the time when it was done. Exciting :sun:

But this way should work fine in the intermediate, thanks!

 

[xtknight]

Use cygwin and do time cp source dest ?

Edit: Apparently the word 'cp_src' gets starred out.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Originally posted by: xtknight
Use cygwin and do time cp****** dst ?

Sounds fast & easy....details?

 

[xtknight]

See edited post. :laugh:

Here's an example:

 

[fbrdphreak]

Hmmmm....that might do the job.

So do I just run the setup package from http://www.cygwin.com, open the command line interface, and voila?

 

[xtknight]

Actually, just install this program called MSYS: http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/MSYS-1.0.10.exe?download

C:\ becomes "/c", and so on. It's just a bash terminal for Windows. It does include the time and the cp commands by default. You don't need the MinGW program if it asks.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Awesome thanks, I'll try that out

 

[CalvinHobbes]

I use a program called "TimeThis". It will time how long it takes to complete a command line function.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Originally posted by: CalvinHobbes
I use a program called "TimeThis". It will time how long it takes to complete a command line function.

Got a link? Not seeing it on initial googling

 

[CalvinHobbes]

It's in the Windows Resource Kit.

 

[Nothinman]

cygwin can be significantly slower than normal operations in Windows though, I would take it's results as gospel.

If you install the Windows PowerShell (really, really gay name) you can use 'measure-command {copy source dest}' in there.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
cygwin can be significantly slower than normal operations in Windows though, I would take it's results as gospel.

If you install the Windows PowerShell (really, really gay name) you can use 'measure-command {copy source dest}' in there.

This what you're referring to?

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2...ies/management/powershell/default.mspx

That might be the easiest way to do it in the short term. In the long term I might write a C++ program or something

I'll give these all a look, thanks guys