Re: Dired copying file / emacs blocking

[Michael Heerdegen]

"mateusz.fiolka" <mateusz.fiolka@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I'm starting to do all my file management tasks in Dired. However
> yesterday I faced a problem I can't find solution for on the internet.
> When I copy a large file (let's say a 700MB movie) Emacs totally
> blocks. I understand it is a normal thing as it is only one process
> and all operations are synchronous. Is there any way to do it as an
> external operation? I think that something like copy queue would be
> useful (like in total commander on windows). Are all Dired users just
> waiting for their files to copy?
>
> Thanks,
> Mateusz F.

I use dired-do-shell-command (bound to !) in such cases. This is also
a better solution when deleting recursively large directory trees.