FileUtils additions

Hi!

I have added two switches to cp.s in the FileUtils package.

The switches are

--slow-down=microseconds
Inserts a delay after each block copied in copy_reg()

--max-buffer-size=bytes
Limits the size of the buffer used in copy_reg()

The idea behind both those options is to be able to copy large amounts of data without overloading a network or a machine with slow disks. When a copy simply has to be made but the time it takes is unimportant it can be nice to be able to do it without making things slower for others using the network or the machine. It's also good when a machine has a bad NIC or faulty NIC drivers.

I don't really know C++ so my changes might not be done in a good way, and therefore I'm not sending any diffs but am attaching the complete source for the modified files instead. I really think someone who does know C++ should look at it before deciding if it's something to spread to others as well.

All changes in the source can be easily find by seraching for "slow" and "buffer". The only change in mv.c is that both options are set to 0 when the options are initiated. I probably should make the same mods to mv.c as I did to cp.c.

I'm thinking of trying to add a third special option as well.

 --update-sync or whatever:
Copies the file if the destination does not exist or is not the same ("same" means having the same datetime and size).
It should probably be used with switches setting the datetime of the copy to the same as the source.

Not sure when I'll do this though. The simple fact that I don't know C++ and is not a Unix programmer means I'd first have to teach myself how to do this.

Regards
/Jonas
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Jonas Eckerman, [email protected]
http://www.truls.org/

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