I want to know what is the best commands (with combination of switches) for the incremental backup?? Let's say I have want to do the incremental backup from...
... xxcopy \\server1\data\ \\server2\data\ /bu you could add the following if needed: /FF - if you have a mix of NTFS and FAT /BN - if you only want newer...
... Garry, thanks. Let's say I want to create incremental backup (i know the dest drive is NTFS) and I want to save a log file in c:\log\data.txt..Should the...
... <snip> ... Yes except no space after /on. You can use either of the following: xxcopy ..... /onc:\log\data.txt or xxcopy ..... /on:c:\log\data.txt Garry...
... c:\log\data.txt ... Garry, thanks. If I'm using this command, xxcopy \\server1\data\ \\server2\data\ /bu /bn /on:c:\log\data.txt. I also have a backup...
... <snip> ... /BN and the other /B<x> class of switches compares one or more of the properties of existence, file timestamp and file size of files in the...
At 3/1/06 12:33 AM Wednesday, Garry Deane wrote: ... **********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT*********** Hello again Garry, XXCOPY.EXE is in C:\ETC, which IS...
Hello Guys, I have setup thie below command to copy some folders and files and update with changes from the source ,but the folders are copied OK without the...
... update with changes from the source ,but the folders are copied OK without the files. What Am i doing wrong. ... Let's examine some of your options,...
Garry, Thanks for the explanation. So as your noted 1, if I want to have incremental backup each day to different folders in the first week (nothing in...
Hi, I would like to have a incremental backup for the following method: From \\server1\data to \\server2\data ... So whatever files change at \\server1\data,...
I don't mean to intrude on your discussion with Garry but I know he's a very busy man (as many of us are) so in case he doesn't have time to respond I'll throw...
... In a nutshell, use something like this: xxcopy \\server1\data\ \\server2\data\/$mmddyyyy$\ For more information you can read the macro section in technical...
... John has already answered much of this but I'll reply separately. Yes, /bu/bn will work fine although since there's nothing in the destination, /bn does...
Garry and John, Thanks so much for your help. I'm getting closer of what I want now, but I still missing something and I hope you will direct me to the right...
my desktop drive had a registry that was so badly hosed that the windows installation CD would not recognize the partition as having an installed version of...
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... Yes. We may have to go back to the olden days when I was manually going over each and every new post of the first message of new members. But... First...
... Wait, I did not answer Gene's question in more specific way. He was suggesting to make the messages that I send to be moderated as a targeted (exceptional)...
A friend on mine opened a new Yahoo group and although he was owner, he still had to approve his OWN messages! Also mine (and I am a moderator on the group) So...
Why not do as some forums do? Have half a dozen moderators? Active members pref in different time zones, so one of them will normally be able to approve a...
Is there an option to create a full path where one does not exist when only one file is being written? Example: XXCOPY "C:\DIR1\DIR2\DIR3\FILENAME.TYP"...
... more ... Ok this is going to take a little explaining. The shortcut /BU option includes the /E option which tells xxcopy to process empty subdirectories...
... Effectively answered in my previous post, however in the event there is still some confusion on your part, then yes, xxcopy will automatically build the...