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FILE_SEARCH bug ? [message #57932]

Mon, 07 January 2008 02:17

david[4]
Messages: 5
Registered: January 2008

Junior Member

Hi all,

I am trying to list the content of a directory using FILE_SEARCH.
The problem is that my directory is mounted in windows XP with SAMBA.

IF I type :
(Z is the samba unit ) 5500 files aprox

a=FILE_SEARCH('z:\images\*.sav') -> more than 10 seconds

a=FINDFILE('z:\images\*.sav') -> less than 1 second

SPAWN,'dir z:\images\*.sav',list -> less than 1 second

If i copy the images to my local disk:

a=FILE_SEARCH('c:\images\*.sav') -> less than 1 second

I have read that file_search is slower than findfile. However findfile
is supposed to be obsolette.
Furthermore i don't understand why there is so much difference listing
the files with file_search or findfiles in
a samba unit. If I execute file_search in a local dir is as fast as
findfile, why ?

thanks,

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