ron thigpen;243172 Wrote: > fred7 wrote: > > Just a helpful reminder to be very careful using the /mir option > because > > it will delete files not in the source. Doing this backwards can > have > > devastating results. > > I'll reiterate this warning and make a suggestion. > > My approach to mirroring music directories uses a batch file containing > > robocopy commands. I schedule this to run nightly. I _do not_ use the > > /mir switch for these automated runs. Rather, these commands use > switches that enable straight one way copies. > > Nothing is lost, but some cruft will build up on the destination disk. > > When I want to clean up the cruft or need space on the destination disk > > I first inspect the source contents to ensure that everything looks OK > > then kick off a copy of the same batch file edited to use the /mir > option. > > HTH, > > --rt
Cheers ! I copy, and mirror every now and then to :) -- Deaf Cat ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Deaf Cat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=515 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40281 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
