Better DOS programs, anyone? (so I can scrap doscp)

[mike.stefanik]

In an article, dls at genco.bungi.com (Dave L. Smith) writes:
>I can't take it any more.  On SCO Xenix 2.3.3, my doscp takes SO
>long to copy files! [...]

Part of the problem may be that you are using /dev/install to read the
floppy (which is slower because it goes about figuring the density of
the diskette it is reading); using the explicit device name can speed things
up a bit (but not much, mind you! :-)

For example ...

	doscp /dev/fd096ds15:/dos/is/evil /tmp
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Michael Stefanik, MGI Inc, Los Angeles | Opinions stated are never realistic
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