I would like to clone files that have changed date/time/size OR attribute change. If a file exists in the source and destination and the source has a change in...
14404
munkless
Feb 1, 2008 11:55 pm
Hello I'd like to eliminate the warning that occurs when I backup to my usb fob. I get a warning telling me I might overwrite important info on the drive. I'd...
14405
Garry Deane
garrydeane
Feb 2, 2008 2:36 am
... Assuming a normal overwrite warning, adding /Y or /Po0 usually does it. You can find out which parameter to add by replying with ? whenever xxcopy issues a...
14406
Gene Phillips
gnphllps
Feb 2, 2008 2:46 am
Add the /YY parameter. That will suppress nearly all prompts. gene...
14407
ray_mccormick
Feb 2, 2008 3:32 pm
... usb ... on ... scheduled ... want to ... Use of the /YY switch can be dangerous and is best avoided if possible. The standard approach, as indicated by...
14408
davmay
Feb 3, 2008 7:46 pm
I am running XXCOPY 2.95.3 on Vista. I am logged on as user DM. The folder C:\Users\DM\Computer contains "TEST FILE.txt" whose Archive attribute is set. Drive...
14409
tracy_leb
Feb 4, 2008 1:59 am
Hi, I have a 20 user license for xxcopy. I'm having the darndest time getting xxcopy to exclude the folders named "recycled"; and "recycler"; folders. Would...
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Charles Prooth
charlesprooth
Feb 4, 2008 2:51 am
The exclusion list is in: /exd:\copyexclusions01.txt which looks like, for me: *\SearchVerity\*\* SearchDBDT\*\* *\SearchDBDT\*\* found.???\*\* recycler\*\* ...
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Khary Williams
santos_mazzei
Feb 4, 2008 2:57 am
Why aren't u losers watching the super bowl Sent from my iPhone On Feb 3, 2008, at 9:51 PM, "Charles Prooth" ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Bonno Bloksma
bbloksma
Feb 4, 2008 6:25 am
Hi, Why use recycler\*\* in stead of symply \RECYCLER\ As far as I know \RECYCLER\ means the specified dir in the root and everything in it. Your syntax would...
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Garry Deane
garrydeane
Feb 4, 2008 12:30 pm
... Try this: /x*\recycle*\ Or if you are using a separate exclusion file, then a line with: *\recycle*\ Garry...
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Raymond McCormick
ray_mccormick
Feb 4, 2008 2:08 pm
My _GeneralExcludeList.txt contains ... \*\Temp\ \*\*.tmp ... "\System Volume Information\" \*\RECYCLED\ \*\RECYCLER\ ... 'write to cd' program J:\___*\ ... ...
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davmay
Feb 5, 2008 7:22 pm
This is a followup to my earlier post 14408 "XXCOPY fails on DVD RW drive, works on USB". I have started a new thread because I have been able to narrow down...
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vanbruggenus
Feb 5, 2008 8:48 pm
Have you tried right clicking on the BAT file and running as administrator? I know I had to do this for some of my BAT files to work correctly on Vista ...
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davmay
Feb 6, 2008 1:01 am
Thanks, Mark. I gave it a try, but it didn't help. I suspect that the problem is not related to permissions. David ... administrator? ... on Vista ... ...
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Garry Deane
garrydeane
Feb 7, 2008 11:53 pm
... I've seen this before with some UDF software. The problem was with xxcopy trying to set the short filename on the files with long filenames. UDF doesn't...
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maccainjames
Feb 8, 2008 1:47 pm
I have found a resource on software testing, its types, rules, myths and a lot more. … http://technical-talk.com/articles.asp...
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w_lynott
Feb 10, 2008 7:00 pm
I'm confused by the huge number of xxcopy switches. All I want to do is backup all files in the source folder that have been modified since the last backup to...
14421
Virg
nilmotvj
Feb 10, 2008 7:29 pm
For me, the /bu switch works just fine. It isn't a cloning switch so files deleted from the source will remain on the destination but I don't really care...
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Bill Lynott
w_lynott
Feb 11, 2008 1:52 am
Thanks for your help, Virg. I appreciate it. Bill From: xxcopy@yahoogroups.com [mailto:xxcopy@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Virg Sent: Sunday, February 10,...
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Garry Deane
garrydeane
Feb 11, 2008 4:03 am
... I have the same annoyance with Outlook. Since some of my .pst files are quite large (0.5GB), it is a pain when they get copied just because the file's...
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Virg
nilmotvj
Feb 11, 2008 5:10 am
Thanks, Gary. I'll try that with *.dbx and see what happens. Virg...
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Virg
nilmotvj
Feb 11, 2008 5:23 am
It seemed to work, Gary. Maybe too well <g>. I hadn't run it for a day and it copied maybe a half dozen files. Unfortunately I didn't run it from a cmd line...
14426
Virg
nilmotvj
Feb 12, 2008 7:22 am
Garry, I think that using your Outlook backup line is working fine for me. I just backed up, using it with .dbx files, after a day of off and on use of OE and...
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argyris2
Feb 15, 2008 6:13 pm
Can xxCopy be used to copy a directory (along with all subdirectories and file/s therein} without changing any of the directory dates and without changing any...
14428
Garry Deane
garrydeane
Feb 16, 2008 2:18 am
... Yes, you can add /tc to copy all timestamps (created, modified & last access) e.g. xxcopy c:\src\ d:\dst\ /bu/tc A few notes on this however. The date of...
14429
edgrossheim
Feb 17, 2008 3:32 am
2/16/2008 9:22:21 PM Hi, I am entering a single line of code: XXCOPY "C:\EXP SOUNDFOLDER\*.jpg" "." /LN /E /FO"F:\New.txt" This of course works, I get a list...
14430
IanQ
iquickmire
Feb 17, 2008 1:40 pm
You can use an INclude parameter, such as /IN*.mp3, so your command would be: XXCOPY "C:\EXP SOUNDFOLDER\*.jpg" "." /IN*.mp3 /LN /E /FO"F:\New.txt" ... From:...
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edgrossheim
Feb 17, 2008 4:35 pm
2/17/2008 10:31:59 AM Thanks Sooo much Ian. I considered the /IN switch, but had no idea how I might use it with a wildcard. I will experiment with this today...
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parabindu
Feb 18, 2008 4:26 pm
... hello, I used xxcopy last time I upgraded to a new computer (Sept 2006) to copy all my data files without losing the folder creation dates -- at that time...
