Dave Page wrote:
> On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Alvaro Herrera
> <alvherre@commandprompt.com> wrote:
>
>> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>>
>> > I would be very surprised if xcopy did not exhibit the same
>> > preallocating behaviour as copy.
>>
>> I, on the other hand, would not say anything until someone tried it, and
>> then wouldn't be surprised if it behaved either way :-)
>>
>
> It pre-allocates the space as copy does. And yes, I did test :-p
>
>
>
Dave,
I don't know how you tested, but could you please repeat the test with
GnuWin32's cp.exe? If it doesn't preallocate the space then I think our
way forward is reasonably clear:
. we recommend its use for Windows archive_command settings
. we provide the delay kluge as switchable behaviour on Windows instead
of having it always on.
cheers
andrew