What is the best way to copy or move multiple files at once?

[tmaxprt]

Hi all

Just curious if anyone has a good way of copying several files quickly...

I am using the utility library functions CopyFile and DeleteFile in a loop (along with Fmt to specify the paths) to copy a bunch of files (from a directory on a network drive to another directory on the same network drive) and this runs sloooww

There has to be a better way ,,,,or maybe a function that copies/moves several files at the same time 😉  Copying the same files via drag and drop in Explorer is quick!

Thanks

[RobertoBozzolo]

Are you using functions from the Utility library or from Windows SDK? I'm asking you because functions from the utility library accept standard wildcard characters '?' and '*' so you may be able to group files with similar filenames and process them in a single call.

Another hint could be to test SDK MoveFile function: it is possible that this function is faster than copying to a new file and deleting tha old one after. I never tried it but it may worth a try.