Hi all, I am trying to backup a folder (c:\tiz) to a NAS device (t:\tiz) using the DA switch. I was hoping that if the same files are in T nothing would be...
... Try adding /ff and/or /fu. /ff will give a 2 second tolerance on the time comparison which may be significant if you are copying from FAT to NTFS. /fu will...
Is there anyway to bypass the warning when running xxcopy in Vista? It requires me to press a key before running each instance of xxcopy otherwise it will...
... Yes, you use the "set /p" command to get user input. Something like below but be aware that there is limited error checking of what the user types in. You...
When xxcopying from fat32 to ntfs, with two files in same directory with similar names, only one gets copied to ntfs. fat32 to fat32 works fine (both files get...
... This is not an NTFS problem but rather an OS issue caused by a long filename/short filename collision. This was discussed recently in the thread starting...
Hi All: Recently, we made XXCOPY v.2.96.5 (which has been posted in the betatest section for some time) our official release version. If you are using an older...
... xxcopy ... running ... I believe that what we are discussing here is the OS validation in XXcopy, and the fact that Vista SP1 and XP sp3 may not be...
I am at a DOS prompt in a network directory mapped to the letter "Y" Y:> I want to automate the moving of all the files in the directory d:\xxx\zzz to the "Y"...
I have copied files to a network share but I would like for a function that can look at that network share and delete files that are older than 1 week how can...
hello I would like to test some Xxcopy statements before putting them to run for good. I am looking for a switch which would say: run it, don't execute ...
... In addition to using /ed to preserve empty directories as advised by Gene, you'll need to suppress the deletion prompts. To find out what switch is needed...
... Add /L to your command. Xxcopy will then list the (source) files that are selected for action by your command. You can also get additional information...
I tried a variation of switches to delete files and sub directories without deleting the parent ... xxcopy /rs /db#90 /ed /yy "C:\target_dir\" ... xxcopy /rsy...
... Add /ed1 to your command to preserve the parent. (To preserve the parent and the next level you would use /ed2, for the first three /ed3, and so on). John...
... I only noticed this problem on NTFS. I have since tried using the same xxcopy command from two different logins. If done with administrative rights...
... This seems a bit odd and certainly not something I've come across. The problem is one of conflicting SFN's so I don't see any reason why it would be...