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

[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?

 

[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

 

[Guest]

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

 

[Diana Mueller]

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)

 

[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)

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

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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