[comp.unix.aux] Symbolic Link Kills the MacOS/Finder

time@tbomb.ice.com (Tim Endres) (01/06/91)

I have noticed something very interesting lately. Whenever I attempt
to drag a number of files from a folder on one partition to a folder
on another partition, and the desitination folder happens to be a
symbolic link, there is an enormous delay before the writing of groups
of files.

In fact, the Finder's file copy dialog states that it is writing "/",
then it starts rattling off the file names that it writes. And the
"Writing /" operation can take upwards of 30 seconds!!!

What is going on here? Did I miss some documentation regarding this?

tim.

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