Hi, I have a batch file which copies my working file every 2 hours to a secondary HDD and also a 16gb USB pen drive. The commands are identical except for the...
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Stuart Halliday
milton_h_stuart
May 2, 2008 1:02 pm
... Drop //ff ? -- Stuart Halliday http://theaquariumwiki.com/...
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spammailaddress
May 2, 2008 2:02 pm
I'm setting up a series of batch files using xxcopy to backup a hard drive. A complete copy once per week with an incremental copy on all other days. I'm...
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ian100448
May 2, 2008 6:25 pm
Hi, The drive letter is changing as the source folder moves into a sub folder - see consul output below [screen dump] C:\batch>xxcopy C:\alldata\ J:\alldata\...
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ian100448
May 2, 2008 6:25 pm
Hi, Dropped the /FF and still the same. Retained the /F to see what is happening and the result is not consistent. The batch command is "xxcopy C:\alldata\...
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Stuart Halliday
milton_h_stuart
May 2, 2008 7:39 pm
... Are you running FAT12, FAT16, FAT32 or NTFS formatted drives? Makes a big difference. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems#Limits What...
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Stuart Halliday
milton_h_stuart
May 2, 2008 7:43 pm
... Could be just a verbose syntax error. Or use Filemon or PROCMon (by Sysinternals) to monitor the file traffic during a test run. Then you'll know for sure....
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John Zeman
john041650
May 2, 2008 10:37 pm
... Because of the different drive types in use you will probably still want to use /FF to allow up to a 2 second difference between the file timestamps....
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John Zeman
john041650
May 2, 2008 10:43 pm
... Windows sets that limit at around 255 total characters, not xxcopy. For an explanation of this you might want to read message 8162 at the following URL: ...
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John Zeman
john041650
May 2, 2008 11:12 pm
... I have never seen this happen with xxcopy and would examine just exactly what kind of drives are being used. It also might be a good idea to add the /oE3...
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mcoppo01
May 7, 2008 8:10 pm
How do I delete or remove all remnants of XXCOPY from my computer. Not just the folder and it's contents, but any bits and pieces that may be in the registry...
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des4212001
May 7, 2008 8:19 pm
... Looking in the xxcopy{version}.zip: xxcopy.exe xxcopy16.exe xxpbar.exe xxcopy.lic Uixxcopy.bat (the uninstaller) Are all placed in the "installed to"...
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bochi_28
May 7, 2008 11:13 pm
Hi, We use xxcopy pro edition in several scripts that are rather time sensitive. These are looping scripts and so xxcopy will get called numerous times during...
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jdhite1
May 8, 2008 1:57 pm
Same problem here with version 2.96.5. I've tried the latest beta, version 2.97.1, but it has the same problem. Also the switch /WV0 (Suppresses warning for...
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Stuart Halliday
milton_h_stuart
May 8, 2008 2:27 pm
... If you visit the XXCOPY web site it says something on this issue. I quote: Question 21 New mechanism to detect the OS (Windows) environment. Starting with...
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Bonno Bloksma
bbloksma
May 8, 2008 2:47 pm
Hi, [....] ... That timer might indeed be a bit shorter, either we see it within a few seconds, let's assume 20 max, or we'll probably never see it as the...
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jdhite1
May 8, 2008 6:43 pm
Though going back to an earlier version might fix this problem, if I did that who knows what other issues might surface (after all, presumably the newer...
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bochi_28
May 8, 2008 8:06 pm
... for a 3 ... author had ... to allow ... time to ... install SP3 ... No really no need to install XP3 yet, but our issue is that we have quite a number of...
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Roger @ Gmail
rogerneill
May 9, 2008 2:45 pm
Hi All, This patch is based on Alain's patch for a similar problem with version v2.85.8, which you can read about here: ...
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Stuart Halliday
milton_h_stuart
May 9, 2008 7:28 pm
... Well it wouldn't would it? The author removed it as I quoted in my posting. ... Can you bypass it by pressing a key? -- Stuart Halliday ...
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Stuart Halliday
milton_h_stuart
May 9, 2008 7:32 pm
... 10 secs is long enough. ... Nah you don't let them install it silly! :-) M$ did issue a SP block patch for auto-updates to IT admin people a year ago. :-) ...
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Stuart Halliday
milton_h_stuart
May 9, 2008 7:34 pm
... Hmm nice. But as a 'newbie' to this group I have to ask why do we need to do this? This is a group advertised by the author on his site so I assume its ...
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Roger @ Gmail
rogerneill
May 10, 2008 5:30 am
Hi All, I think we should accept that Kan is a busy guy and likes to do things professionally. If he hasn't heard of this problem - which is unlikely - I'm...
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Peter Meijer
meijerpb
May 10, 2008 9:53 am
Excellent, Roger! Thank you very much for this quick fix/workaround. They should hire you for the XXCOPY support department. I too have a number of calls to...
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Roger @ Gmail
rogerneill
May 10, 2008 4:29 pm
Hi All, Thanks Peter, but it's Alain who did all the hard work here: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xxcopy/message/9665 I just searched for the same code...
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jdhite1
May 11, 2008 2:02 pm
Hi Stuart- If you mean that /WV0 was removed at some point, my doc file for XXCopy still shows that switch. My file must be out of date so thanks for alerting...
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Stuart Halliday
milton_h_stuart
May 12, 2008 7:06 pm
... So didn't my example batch redirection line work? That's what I normally do with a program that requires a key press. ... Nothing here, so why not email...
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jdhite1
May 12, 2008 8:14 pm
Hi- Piping a character via adding Echo x | before the XXCopy.... line did nothing (as far as I can see anyway), but as yet I've not tried using the separate...
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jdhite1
May 13, 2008 1:00 pm
Hi- I tried your second idea, adding the file containing the carriage return character via "< c:\file.txt" at the end of each XXCopy line. This seems as if it...
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Stuart Halliday
milton_h_stuart
May 14, 2008 1:04 pm
... Plain ANSI. I've used these methods with the chkdsk (amongst others) which asks for the Y key. <thinks> "ECHO." is a 0d 0e (carriage return and a linefeed)...
