When making an incremental clone from a hard disk running Win ME, can I (and how do I) exclude the HIDDEN folder C:\RESTORE\ ? This folder and its' contents...
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Michael Marquart
micm@...
Jul 1, 2001 7:29 pm
add this as part of your command line /xc:\restore\ I excluded a hidden directory using similar suntax in Win98se Michael...
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Kan Yabumoto
tech.xxcopy@...
Jul 1, 2001 7:52 pm
Bob: The quick answer is YES. XXCOPY's /X switch allows you to exclude files and/or directories whether or not the object is marked hidden or not. It is also...
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Bob Weir
rweir@...
Jul 2, 2001 8:23 pm
Thanks Michael for your suggestion. It confirmed that I was probably using a sound command line but I kept on getting "Discarded exclude item (not present)...
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Bob Weir
rweir@...
Jul 3, 2001 11:42 am
Sorry about not using Plain Text Kan, another minus for the installation of ME! Here's a repeat in plain text to improve readability for all, and to correct...
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xxcopy@yahoogroups.com
Jul 4, 2001 4:08 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the xxcopy group. File : /xxfw2569.zip ...
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Julio Fernandes
jfer@...
Jul 4, 2001 10:01 am
Hi Has anyone noticed that the /DB#xxM (in which M is minutes ) swtich variant does not work? I tried to use it this way: xxcopy src dst /S /FC /DB#30M /YY ...
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Kan Yabumoto
tech.xxcopy@...
Jul 4, 2001 5:44 pm
Julio: You are absolutely correct. XXCOPY's /DB# switch was not doing exactly what it was supposed to do. It had a bug which behaved a little funny. The bug...
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xxcopy@yahoogroups.com
Jul 4, 2001 5:45 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the xxcopy group. File : /xxfw2570.zip ...
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Paul Verizzo
paulvzo@...
Jul 5, 2001 5:08 am
My experience has been the exact opposite, which leads me to believe that it's just the luck of the draw. No doubt they are both good, but some of us get...
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Paul Verizzo
paulvzo@...
Jul 5, 2001 5:10 am
Both my Maxtor floppy and my Wd floppy won't function on anything but their respective brands. Yes, they will allow certain things - like copying "the other"...
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Julio Fernandes
jfer@...
Jul 5, 2001 9:16 am
Kan, Yep, now it works great, i had not quite figuered out that midnight problem but now i understand. Btw the link to the new v.2.57.0 beta on yahoogroups: ...
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Michael Marquart
micm@...
Jul 5, 2001 12:06 pm
Hi Kan. I would like to mention that in the latest version (2.57.0) it appears that XXPBAR.EXE is a required file and it runs automatically, when using /clone....
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Kan Yabumoto
tech.xxcopy@...
Jul 5, 2001 1:18 pm
Dear Michael: What Michael has figured out is exactly right. Under normal copy operation, /PB is not a default setting. But, for /CLONE we added /PB as part...
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Kan Yabumoto
tech.xxcopy@...
Jul 5, 2001 2:49 pm
After some more thought, I decided to meet at half way on Michael's suggestion: The warning message on "Missing XXPBAR.EXE" case will be suppressed when the...
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Michael Marquart
micm@...
Jul 5, 2001 3:09 pm
On Thu, 05 Jul 2001 09:48:53 -0500, Kan Yabumoto <tech.xxcopy@...> wrote: After reading this message I think that's an excellent idea, and is in keeping...
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MCALISTER, JAMES E
JMCALIS@...
Jul 5, 2001 3:14 pm
I know this is simple, but I'm a bit confused. I need to see the approach for the following two situations with a source directory (src) compared to a ...
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Kan Yabumoto
tech.xxcopy@...
Jul 5, 2001 4:02 pm
Currently, XXCOPY does not have a three-way directory operation. Everything has to be done by the two directories, the source and the destination (reference)...
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Michael Marquart
micm@...
Jul 5, 2001 4:10 pm
I must admit I am a little bit unsure, but this seems to do what you require. It marks the file by setting the attribute bit. @echo off xxcopy src\ /s /az...
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Michael Marquart
micm@...
Jul 5, 2001 4:24 pm
I had a feeling you'd reply before I had a chance to work it out :) In my version I also neglected to include subdirectories (/S) in the two commands that set...
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Kan Yabumoto
tech.xxcopy@...
Jul 5, 2001 6:24 pm
Hi, all: Before someone ask an obvious question, let me strike it first. What Michael suggested is essentially the same as my version. /AA as Michael put it...
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Michael Marquart
micm@...
Jul 5, 2001 6:42 pm
On Thu, 05 Jul 2001 12:45:18 -0500, Kan Yabumoto <tech.xxcopy@...> ... Indeed. /BI is far superior, in a backup sense, than /DA. ... Thanks for that,...
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Kan Yabumoto
tech.xxcopy@...
Jul 5, 2001 7:36 pm
Hi, All: I'm replying to a question given by a user who was wondering the difference between /CK and /CK0. (Note that we fixed a bug on /CK0 which was not...
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Gabe Fineman
gfineman@...
Jul 5, 2001 8:59 pm
It is interesting that you recommend using the default of /CK (that checks remaining space before writing a file) instead of /CK0 that skips the check. To "to...
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Kan Yabumoto
tech.xxcopy@...
Jul 5, 2001 10:44 pm
Well, Gabe has an excellent point. And he gave me an excuse to start my babbling of the week. Oh, NO......... It is true that not checking the remaining...
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Gabe Fineman
gfineman@...
Jul 6, 2001 4:20 pm
In the BAT file that I use to run XXCOPY, I redirect (>) some of my output to a log file (yes, I know XXCOPY produces great log files) and want to change the...
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Michael Marquart
micm@...
Jul 6, 2001 5:04 pm
Try this technique: @echo off ... vol|find " Volume Serial Number is">%winbootdir%\temp.bat echo set v=%%4>%winbootdir%\volume.bat call %winbootdir%\temp.bat ...
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Gabe Fineman
gfineman@...
Jul 6, 2001 7:18 pm
Thank you for the code. This works really well. I do not understand the statement that reads echo set v=%%4>%winbootdir%\volume.bat Why do we need the echo?...
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jdmaddison@...
Jul 6, 2001 7:42 pm
<P>Thank you for the code. This works really well. ... The line that begins " Volume Serial Number is " is piped to temp.bat and executed. When it executes, it...
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Charles Kincaid
kincaic@...
Jul 6, 2001 8:47 pm
The parameters passed to a .bat file are numbered. You can get to 0 through 9 very easily. %0 is the name of the .bat file itself %1 is the first parameter %2...
