https://github.com/aib/filecopy

https://github.com/aib/filecopy

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• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/aib/filecopy
• Owner: aib
• License: other
• Created: 2015-11-28T14:35:34.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2015-11-28T14:57:07.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-03-22T12:27:14.730Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Language: C
• Size: 6.84 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
filecopy, 2005-07-31

This is a small Win32 file copying utility I wrote back in the time of CD-ROM disks.

The quality of the disks (and drives) I encountered were such that I would often get errors trying to read them. The errors would occur in random sectors and furthermore, those sectors would change every time I (re-)inserted the disk. As such, it would be possible to read a disk fully if one made multiple (*numerous*) attempts and read different portions each time. A simple file/disk image reader with resume support (and patience) was all that was needed and this utility is what I came up with. I don't know why I didn't simply use dd(1), but in any case reinventing this certain wheel benefited me at the time.

Later, I used it for copying files over networks because of its handy speed indicator.