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Maybe this is not 100% coding issue, but i hope someone can guide me to the right resources.

How copy operation works in Windows OS?

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    I'm not sure how to answer this one as currently worded -- can you be more specific? How to copy a file? What does it mean to copy a file? How does Windows implement file copy operations?
    – Nick Meyer
    Jul 20, 2009 at 14:23
  • I think this question should go in serverfault. It's not programming-related.
    – Philippe
    Jul 20, 2009 at 14:29
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    erratically: xkcd.com/612
    – Rich Seller
    Jul 20, 2009 at 14:30
  • What I mean is, How windows handles the operation, process, etc... the low level details of the operation.
    – Mark
    Jul 20, 2009 at 14:30
  • >>I think this question should go in serverfault. It's not programming-related. Really!!! How comes that I need to implement copy procedure in my server application! But I don't want to relay on Windows API
    – Mark
    Jul 20, 2009 at 14:32

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    +1 For funny cartoon, but doesn't really help him. :P
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    Jul 20, 2009 at 14:31
  • +1 For the funniest thing I'm likely to see this week
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    Jul 20, 2009 at 14:37
  • Coincidence this comic appeared today?
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Mark Russinovich posted an article that talks in detail about how file copying works in various modern [sic] versions of Windows in his blog entry Inside Vista SP1 File Copy Improvements.

With source and target being on potentially different filesystems and potential problems with latency, the solutions turn out to be surprisingly complex. But the CopyFileEx API wraps it all up for you in a nice package.

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  • Thanks, What I really wanted is the stack details for copy procedure.
    – Mark
    Jul 20, 2009 at 14:34
  • Mark, maybe you should add that in the question.
    – Travis
    Jul 20, 2009 at 16:52

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