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Re: FINDFILE vs. FILE_SEARCH [message #47020 is a reply to message #47018]

Wed, 18 January 2006 08:52

btt
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Mark Conner wrote:
> I'm using IDL 6.1 on WinXP Pro to look for a set of files (can be
> 1500+) in a directory on a Sun system connected via Samba. The
> directory appears as the standard UNC (\\server\directory\files.ext).
>
> I've read all the stuff that says to use FILE_SEARCH instead of
> FINDFILE. However, it takes nearly two minutes to return a list of
> files (setting /NOSORT saves perhaps a couple seconds). Using FINDFILE
> I get a list back in three seconds. Any ideas why?
>
> Network traffic or machine loads on either end are not a factor. I'm
> guessing it's a issue with how FILE_SEARCH interacts with
> Samba-connected directories, but does anyone know for sure?
> Workarounds (other than continuing to use FINDFILE and hope it works
> properly)?
>

Are you using FILE_SEARCH in a recursive mode? I find that
result = FILE_SEARCH("path", "name") can take a lot longer than
result = FILE_SEARCH("path/name") if there are many subdirectories to
search.

Ben

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		Re: FINDFILE vs. FILE_SEARCH By: news.qwest.net on Wed, 18 January 2006 09:26
		Re: FINDFILE vs. FILE_SEARCH By: btt on Wed, 18 January 2006 08:52
		Re: FINDFILE vs. FILE_SEARCH By: David Fanning on Wed, 18 January 2006 08:29
		Re: FINDFILE vs. FILE_SEARCH By: Mark Conner on Thu, 19 January 2006 09:06

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