Total Commander

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!

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.

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