* TASKS and DIRECT_IO, weird data errors
@ 2001-01-29 22:28 squeaker
2001-01-30 6:21 ` Robert Dewar
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From: squeaker @ 2001-01-29 22:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
i am really at a loss, to why when i copy from one file to another a
character at a time using direct_io i end up getting aload of rubbish in the
file when i load it up in edit, or notepad???, sections of the actual code
appear, or info about the task
thanks to anyone who can help
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* Re: TASKS and DIRECT_IO, weird data errors
2001-01-29 22:28 TASKS and DIRECT_IO, weird data errors squeaker
@ 2001-01-30 6:21 ` Robert Dewar
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From: Robert Dewar @ 2001-01-30 6:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
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<P8md6.6882$cD2.229397@news2-win.server.ntlworld.com>,
"squeaker" <squeaker@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> i am really at a loss, to why when i copy from one file to
another a
> character at a time using direct_io i
There is absolutely NO reason to think that Direct_IO can
be used to create a literal copy of a file, and furthermore
it is an appallingly inefficient way of doing things (see
the recent thread on this subject - it has optimization in
the subject line).
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