> DW> The biggest problem with Windows is the virus scanning software.
When
> DW> you checkout 1000 files, Windows scans each of those for viruses.
Then
> DW> of course, there are 1000 copies of all the files in the .svn
> DW> directory which Windows also scans. Then, there are all the
properties
> DW> and other files in the .svn directories that also get scanned.
>
> It seems your imagination of Virus scanning schemes a bit outdated...
> Like, 8
> years old.
> Normal monitoring antivirus scan each file only once - at the creation
or
> modification. And that does not take long time for single file.
> Then it forget about it. Reading from file, executing it will
> never trigger a scan unless you specifically told to do so, or other,
non
> FS-related issues arise in process (Memory access to the different
> process,
> IRQ table manipulation, etc).
He did say "on checkout" which is certainly file "creation" which will
trigger the virus scan. Personally I just exclude my c:\Development from
McAfee and it keeps it's grubby hands off my WC's.
BOb
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