Fastcopy tools - 5.8.1

[nsp]

Just for those who integrate fastcopy as alternate background copy/delete/move manager, new version is out. It also integrate a fast hash tool and github support.

see https://fastcopy.jp/

for issues : https://github.com/FastCopyLab/FastCopy/issues

For portable install click on [extract only] button.

(From version 5.0.0)
for realease: https://github.com/FastCopyLab/FastCopyDist2
version 5.8.1

installer parameters:

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USAGE: 
 	/SILENT ... silent install/uninstall
 	/DIR=<dir> ... setup/target dir

 	/NOPROG ... no create program menu
 	/NODESK ... no create desktop shortcut
 	/NOAPP  ... no register application to OS

 	/EXTRACT   ... extract files
 	/EXTRACT32 ... extract 32bit files
 	/EXTRACT64 ... extract 64bit files
 	/NOSUBDIR  ... no create subdir with /EXTRACT 

 	/r ... uninstall

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5.8.1 2025.01.28
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5.2.0 2023.06.12
5.1.1 2023.05.31
5.1.0 2023.05.01
5.0.2 2023.04.14
5.0.0 2023.04.12
4.2.2 2023.02.07
4.2.1 2022.10.20
4.1.7 2022.07.04
4.1.6 2022 06 23
4.1.5 2022 04 27
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4.1.3 2022 03 21
4.1.2 2022 03 16
4.1.1 2022 02 22
4.0.5 2022 02 08
4.0.4 2022 02 02

[Ovg]

10x!!!

[solid]

Are there still benefits of such programs?

With SSDs and very fast HDDs today, what is the speed gain or time savings while using fastcopy over built in TC/Win copy methods?

In my case, i found that the only bottleneck in transferring large amount of data is the network interface/infrastructure.

[tdklaus]

In terms of speed, I mainly benefit from fastcopy when copying a large amount of small files, especially to USB attached media. And nothing beats "quick delete" on NTFS

As discussed in another thread, TC will stop in the middle of a copy job if a read/write error occurs. Fastcopy will continue to the job's end and then show a list of files it encountered problems with. Can save a lot of time on very long (e.g. overnight) jobs if the problem was e.g. just one file still in access by another program.

[nsp]

For silent unpacking :
you can use

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FastCopy4.x.x_installer.exe /dir=<target folder> /extract /nosubdir

nosubdir allows to extract without creating FastCopy4.x.x_X64 folder

[brahman]

There is another benefit:

Fastcopy handles Hardlinks very well, TC doesn't at all, as far as I remember. I use Hardlinks a lot, so for me FC has been a blessing.

Here are my notes re. Hardlinks and FC - since the documentation is at times slightly difficult:

HardLink (mostly from documentation)
HardLink can be reproduced as much as possible, if specify /linkdest option in ver1.95 or later.
(In running, "TotalFiles:" format changes "number_of_files (number_of_dirs)" to "number_of_files / number_of_created_hardlinks (number_of_dirs)") f.e. "TotalFiles: 18839/40 (3899)" means 40 HardLinks have been created. If there is no number after / then no HardLinks have been created or /linkdest is not specified.

Personal Comment: Linkdest is best specified only thru command line, but not in main section. Only works in [Main], not in [Job].

/linkdest ... Reproduce hardlink as much as possible. (details)
If /linkdest option is enabled, /recreate option is enabled tacitly.
If you want always to enable /linkdest optoin, write [main] linkdest=1 in fastcopy.ini file.

/recreate ... Change updating behavior "overwrite the target" to "delete and recreate the target". (If /linkdest option is enabled, this option is enabled by default.) If you want always to enable, write [main] recreate=1 in fastcopy.ini.

Two very Important notes:
1. It needs 2-4MB per 10 thousand hardlink entity files. (It depends on path length)
2. It can decrease speed, because it opens not only copying files but also skip files.

[nsp]

update to 4.1.7 (see first post)
Fixed a rare resource leak problem.

[Brumm]

v4.1.8 Updated OpenSSL to v3.0.5.
Fixed a rare exception.

[Ambaquista]

I´m not sure, but I think FastCopy didn´t handle comments (descript.ion files).
So I lose all my comments. And I have lots!

[ghisler(Author)]

If the source and target are the same, you can just copy the descript.ion file itself.

[nsp]

update to 4.2.1
v4.2.1 Maximum length of Source field increased from 64K chars to 2G chars
v4.2.0 Added to support AltStream for directories. Improve Deletion Processing.
v4.1.8 Updated OpenSSL to v3.0.5. Fixed a rare exception.

- about descript.ion if you only copy from one folder to another you can probably create a script the remove form destination file all the line corresponding to copied files and then append all corresponding lines from source description to target folder descript.ion. (re-sort if needed)

[nsp]

update to 5.0.0

https://fastcopy.jp/help/fastcopy_eng.htm#history

Change license (a Pro license key is required for use in workplaces or similar environments).
Addition of Perfect Verify (Pro version only).
Support for Windows 11 shell extension.
Improved asynchronous I/O algorithm for further speed enhancements.
20% to 30% speed increase in high-speed SSD environments due to pre-allocation of space during privileged mode.
Addition of "Verify," "FC Verify Info Disp," and "FC Verify Info Check (Pro version only)" to main commands.
Support for CPU affinity.
Addition of a setting to Drives that are always run in parallel (e.g. SSD-RAID).
Added timestamp change (1980-1-1) to Action at Verify Error.
Fixed a memory leak that occurred during deletion.

[Fla$her]

When set the "I agree to the license" checkbox, the Next button doesn't work.

[Horst.Epp]

When set the "I agree to the license" checkbox, the Next button doesn't work.

I always use the Extract option to just get the files stored.
Using with TC doesn't need any more settings from the installer.
Just a menu button with the cmd's for Diff and Move
I use the following parameters:
/cmd=diff /balloon=FALSE /auto_close /srcfile_w="%WL" /to="%T"
/cmd=move /balloon=FALSE /auto_close /srcfile_w="%WL" /to="%T"

[Fla$her]

I always use the Extract option to just get the files stored.

If it was like in previous versions, I probably wouldn't write, right?