How do I measure the time it takes to copy a file?

12 Apr 2005 11:29 AM

Julian Milano

I want to copy a file from one PC to another using DotNet and would like to
time the operation- how do I do it?

12 Apr 2005 11:43 AM

Cor Ligthert

Julian,

>I want to copy a file from one PC to another using DotNet and would like to
>time the operation- how do I do it?

On a 1Gb connection or over a 22Kb dataline?

Cor

12 Apr 2005 11:57 AM

AMercer

do something like this:

    Dim dtMark As DateTime = Now
    ' do your file copy here
    Dim sec As Double = Now.Subtract(dtMark).TotalSeconds
    ' at this point, sec is double precision seconds that the copy took

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"Julian Milano" wrote:

> I want to copy a file from one PC to another using DotNet and would like to
> time the operation- how do I do it?
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12 Apr 2005 12:04 PM

Diana Mueller

"Julian Milano" <jdm***@datafast.net.au> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> I want to copy a file from one PC to another using DotNet and would like
to
> time the operation- how do I do it?

Well, you would have to implement a copy mechanism that calls a
callbackfunction after every nth part of your file has been copied, so you
could gradually improve the estimate of your completion time (a simple
estimating function would be completion time = start time + (elapsed time /
n) * 100)

12 Apr 2005 1:07 PM

Chris Dunaway

Something like this:

Dim dtStart As DateTime = DateTime.Now

'copy file here

Dim tsElapsed As TimeSpan = DateTime.Now.Subtract(dtStart)

MsgBox("Elapsed time: " & tsElapsed.TotalSeconds.ToString)

12 Apr 2005 2:23 PM

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

"Julian Milano" <jdm***@datafast.net.au> schrieb:
>I want to copy a file from one PC to another using DotNet and would like to
>time the operation- how do I do it?

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