Re: Copying a large file from one machine to another in 2000 Prof

From: Nathan Hemmings (nathan.hemmings_at_tait.co.nz)
Date: 02/25/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 13:22:21 +1300

Laxman wrote:
> The situation I faced is as below.
>
> 1. Machine A has a file test.zip of 50 megs(say).
>
> 2.Copy it to machine B by mapping any share folder.
>
> 3. Come back to Machine A, open the file in any good text
> editor and make the size half (25 megs, say) and save it
> in machine A.
>
> 4. Start Copying the same file from Machine A to B in the
> same location of B. The OS will give a warning as the file
> already exists. Click yes to replace it. File copy
> starts...now when the file copy is in progress , press the
> cancel Button. See what happens , the original file in
> Machine B is deleted. Is it a bug or implementation
> feature ....??
>
> Also test can be done using a single machine but different
> directories.
> I am working in Win2000 Prof, Service Pack 4.

When you click on Yes to replace the file the OS deletes the existing
file so it can write the new file with the same name. It then begins
copying the new file. If you cancel the copy I'm not surprised the file
is missing. It's not a feature. It's just the way it works.