Article-I.D.: ulowell.837
Posted: Tue Dec 9 11:44:56 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 10-Dec-86 05:28:33 EST
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Reply-To: page@ulowell.UUCP (Bob Page)
Organization: University of Lowell
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wecker@cookie.dec.com (DAVE TANSTAAFL WECKER) wrote:
> [test]
> It looks like before finishing the copy, AmigaDOS eats up TWICE the size of
> the file
> [another test]
> Not as bad... but still 15k disappears (for an instant). What is going on?
> Is this a known bug? Do I have any control over it? Is it fixed in 1.2?
I run with PM (the Performance Monitor, graphics display of cpu/mem usage)
on all the time, and have noticd this also. It does not seem to make a
difference what the size of the file is ... there is some overhead always.
Even back when I was playing with the RESIDENT command (stay away from it)
it would do it, so it's not as simple as the COPY program being there.
My guess is that either COPY is doing something funky or there is some
misc bizzarness occuring with the RAM: handler. Knowing AmigaDOS,
would you be willing to bet that it (COPY or the RAM handler) allocates
large chunks of mem when copying? Speed demon that it is?
..Bob (constantly amazed at the `features' of AmigaDOS)
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Bob Page, U of Lowell CS Dept. ulowell!page, page@ulowell.CSNET