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  1. Newsgroups: alt.msdos.programmer
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!yale.edu!ira.uka.de!math.fu-berlin.de!informatik.tu-muenchen.de!lehner
  3. From: lehner@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Alexander Lehner)
  4. Subject: Re: XCOPY in the background ?
  5. References:  <1993Jan21.141821.13561@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
  6. Originator: lehner@hphalle5.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
  7. Sender: news@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (USENET Newssystem)
  8. Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
  9. Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 10:39:51 GMT
  10. Message-ID: <1993Jan22.103951.19978@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
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  14. In article <1993Jan21.141821.13561@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> 
  15. loescher@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Stephan Loescher) writes:
  16.  
  17. > Hello!
  18.  
  19. > I'm looking for a possibility to run XCOPY, COPY, MOVE, or other DOS-programs
  20. > in the background (multitasking), so I can work in the foreground with another
  21. > program. (like in UNIX: 'command &' runs 'command' in the background)
  22. > I would prefer a unit or program in Pascal or a already compiled program.
  23.  
  24. > I thank you for any help!
  25.  
  26.  
  27. If You need background running because your disk-transfers are time-intensive,
  28. you could use a caching program with delayed write (as HyperDisk).
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