Michaelwagner Wrote: > I'm sorry, I guess this is frivolous, but this just struck my funny > bone. > > You're running a backup script authored by someone calling himself > Dangerous Dom? > > Might be dangerous ...
LOL, don't worry! I have tested it and tested it and tested it. I did not want to lose my originals either :) The main thing to remember is the you get the source and destination in the right order in command line. I.e. "ROBOCOPY /[SWITCHES] [SOURCE] [DESTINATION]" When doing a backup or a mirror the source will never be changed. All that changes is how the source ends up looking. A mirror will make the folder/drive you mirror be exactly the same as the orginal (deleting any files that are not in the orginal). With the backup option, new/changed files will be copied over. But any you have deleted will be left in the destination. The drawback with a backup is that if you move/rename a folder you will end up with too copies. The upside to a backup is that if you delete some orginal files by mistake, you wont lose the back up. I always start with a a full mirror after ripping/tagging a load of tracks, then back up from then on (well depends on what i have been doing - did a major reorginisation the other day so did a mirror). I learnt the Robocopy switches in about 5 min from here (but there are better guides around, google a bit) - http://www.ss64.com/nt/robocopyXP.html Learn how to write a batch file here (good guide) - http://www.computerhope.com/batch.htm -- dangerous_dom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dangerous_dom's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22486 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
