Annoyingly Slow Saves When Saving Modified Files

[pingmustard]

I use the File > Compare By Content tool quite frequently. It's support for Edit and ability to synchronize changes between files is a great productivity saver for my work. I use it to synchronize code files on a daily basis.

However, the only complaint I have is that when I compare files over slow VPN (files range between 1 - 200kb), the saving process is REAALLY slow. A simple file copy would take 1-5 seconds. A save via the File Comparison takes up to minutes. Granted, it may be making a backup, but it still shouldn't take that long. Is this something that can be improved?

Thanks, and keep up the great work!

[ghisler(Author)]

Sounds like there is no write cache for the VPN drive. The compare tool writes out the file line by line. If this results in a separate write operation across the network for each line, this will of course be very slow. Can you test that this is the reason by creating a 200k file consisting of just about 20 lines? Don't put it all on one line, the compare tool will not allow to edit it.

[pingmustard]

This does sound like the cause; is it possible to buffer up the writes and then write in chunks instead of line by line? I don't know who else uses this, but I for one use it on a day to day basis. I connect to many different types of VPN and ths speed issues of saving are always the same.

Having buffered writes would be a god send enhancement for me! There's been quite a few occasions where I've had lost files due to slow/bad VPN connections.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ADD! It's just another reason I can recommend this app to all my friends and co-workers