From: Martin <nospam@nospam.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Dired copying file / emacs blocking
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:52:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <wnaljrogsk2.fsf@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 88d08b90-494e-42d8-bc44-92d3c59ae695@e5g2000vbe.googlegroups.com
"mateusz.fiolka" writes:
> Hi,
>
> I'm starting to do all my file management tasks in Dired. However
> yesterday I faced a problem I can't find solution for on the internet.
> When I copy a large file (let's say a 700MB movie) Emacs totally
> blocks. I understand it is a normal thing as it is only one process
> and all operations are synchronous. Is there any way to do it as an
> external operation? I think that something like copy queue would be
> useful (like in total commander on windows). Are all Dired users just
> waiting for their files to copy?
>
> Thanks,
> Mateusz F.
In emacs 23, which is currently in pretest, you have
dired-do-async-shell-command
Run a shell command COMMAND on the marked files asynchronously.
parozusa at web dot de
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-03-02 9:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-02-26 16:20 Dired copying file / emacs blocking mateusz.fiolka
2009-02-27 11:18 ` Michael Heerdegen
2009-02-27 21:29 ` mateusz.fiolka
2009-03-02 9:52 ` Martin [this message]
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