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...
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...
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\...
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\...
... 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...
... 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....
... 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....
... 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: ...
... 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...
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...
... 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"...
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...
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...
... 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...
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...
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...
... 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...
... 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. :-) ...
... 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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
... 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...
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...
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...
... 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)...
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