Hi John, I use fsync. It is a powerful command line utility for synchronise two directories. I wrote a little batch file to backup newer files to my external HDD. There is an option for recursive copy (all directories under a node).
http://www.vicobiscotti.it/en/fsync.htm Remark: there is a minor problem, if you have Unicode filename and the system locale is not the same, it may not copy the file. I guess it may be a problem of DOS prompt rather than fsync but not sure about it. If you don't have Unicode filename then it should be fine. Cheers Rodney Chan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Sunday, 11 December 2011 12:00 p.m. To: [email protected] Subject: Delphi Digest, Vol 98, Issue 4 Send Delphi mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://listserver.123.net.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Delphi digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Backup software (John Bird) 2. Re: Delphi Digest, Vol 98, Issue 2 (Marshland Engineering) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 10:14:50 +0400 From: "John Bird" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [DUG] Backup software To: "NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <C0BAE894FB194BEB837E92DBA0DC5B60@JohnSony2> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" I gave up on XXCOPY ? used it for batch file backups, was great while it worked but after 100 times or so it starts putting up a very very slow nag screen, and after Windows update starts complaining about not being tested on this version of Windows and simply stops working. Does XXCOPY still do those dumb things? I went back to XCOPY, which at least stays working for what it does. XCOPY example part of a batch file: ECHO Copying files from D2007\%1 to BACKUP\D2007\%1 IF EXIST c:\JBData\D2007\%1\*.PAS XCOPY c:\JBData\D2007\%1\*.PAS c:\BACKUP\D2007\%1 /d/y and so on for extensions DFM DPR BDS* dproj RES TXT INC etc John Bird Quick?n?dirty you can?t beat http://www.xxcopy.com/ Tim From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John C Sent: Saturday, 10 December 2011 9:47 a.m. To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List' Subject: [DUG] Backup software Can anybody recommend a good backup system, just for backing up to an external Hdrive? I downloaded a trial version of "Nero BackItUp" but appears poor in UI, slow as a dog and poor setup options. Thanks John ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: [email protected] Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with Subject: unsubscribe -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.123.net.nz/pipermail/delphi/attachments/20111210/eb0ca072/ attachment-0001.html ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 11:55:35 +1300 From: "Marshland Engineering" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [DUG] Delphi Digest, Vol 98, Issue 2 To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <FCCBF0972A0D4C9A82D840A92C100325@Aquilo> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original I've been using Karen's Repliator for years. Simple and does what I want. Freebee and I use it between several machines and laptops. http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp Cheers Wallace ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.123.net.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi End of Delphi Digest, Vol 98, Issue 4 ************************************* _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: [email protected] Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with Subject: unsubscribe
