python 写入网络视频文件很慢,Python复制较大的文件太慢

I am trying to copy a large file (> 1 GB) from hard disk to usb drive using shutil.copy. A simple script depicting what I am trying to do is:-

import shutil

src_file = "source\to\large\file"

dest = "destination\directory"

shutil.copy(src_file, dest)

It takes only 2-3 min on linux. But the same file copy on same file takes more that 10-15 min under Windows. Can somebody explain why and give some solution, preferably using python code?

Update 1

Saved the file as test.pySource file size is 1 GB. Destinantion directory is in USB drive. Calculated file copy time with ptime. Result is here:-

ptime.exe test.py

ptime 1.0 for Win32, Freeware - http://www.

Copyright(C) 2002, Jem Berkes

=== test.py ===

Execution time: 542.479 s

542.479 s == 9 min. I don't think shutil.copy should take 9 min for copying 1 GB file.

Update 2

Health of the USB is good as same script works well under Linux. Calculated time with same file under windows native xcopy.Here is the result.

ptime 1.0 for Win32, Freeware - http://www.pc-tools.net/

Copyright(C) 2002, Jem Berkes

=== xcopy F:\test.iso L:\usb\test.iso

1 File(s) copied

Execution time: 128.144 s

128.144 s == 2.13 min. I have 1.7 GB free space even after copying test file.

解决方案

Your problem has nothing to do with Python. In fact, the Windows copy process is really poor compared to the Linux system.

You can improve this by using xcopy or robocopy according to this post: Is (Ubuntu) Linux file copying algorithm better than Windows 7?. But in this case, you have to make different calls for Linux and Windows...

import os

import shutil

import sys

source = "source\to\large\file"

target = "destination\directory"

if sys.platform == 'win32':

os.system('xcopy "%s" "%s"' % (source, target))

else:

shutil.copy(source, target)

See also:

Actual Performance, Perceived Performance, Jeff Atwood blog post about this subject

Windows xcopy is not working in python, which gives the syntax for using xcopy on Windows in fact