Moving Files very slow (with descript.ion support)

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I have been using Total Commander, which supports descript.ion, and am now evaluating Dopus as it also supports descript.ion.

However, when I move files using Dopus it is much slower than Total Commander.

For example, I have a directory Dir1 with 5733 files small jpeg files (~ 100-200 KB). The files are described in descript.ion.

I moved 500 files to a blank directory, Dir2, on the same hard drive partition and measured the time to move.

Using Dopus: 3 min 14 sec
Using Total Commander: 24 sec.

It takes about 8 times longer to move the files using Dopus!?

Note that if I turn of support for descript.ion, Dopus move time is only 9 sec.

Is this a limitation of Dopus descript.ion support?[/u]

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p.s. How do I edit my post..??

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Does Total Commander actually update the descript.ion file when you move the files?

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Yes (It is an option like in Dopus)

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Can this be improved in Dopus?

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Currently Opus 9 updates the descript.ion file separately every time a file is copied or moved; Opus 10 will move to using a caching system so the file is only written to disk periodically which will make a big difference to the speed.

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OK. Any ETA for v.10?