As I remember the Xcopy command, it was tied to the old DOS file-naming conventions which required filenames of up to 8 characters in length for the first part, a period and then three more characters for an extension. Filenames of greater length than that got truncated with a tilde. If that's still true, you might have considerable trouble trying to keep track of your files after they were processed by Xcopy, unless that's been fixed, of course.
Louis Gosselin -----Original Message----- From: M and L Dorn [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 1:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Dream App, No to all Hi, David! No, I don't know how to use XCopy. The name is vaguely familiar from DOS days, but I don't think I ever used it. The old DOS command I used was Replace /a /u I believe that's right. If not, I'd have to look it up. The a switch was for adding files that were new to the folder. The u switch was for copying over any files that had been updated since the time of the ones to be copied over. If you can give me some instructions for XCopy, I'd appreciate it. Perhaps you could send me an example of one of your batch files. What I do is copy files and folders from my documents, email folders and attachments, Just Checking, and sometimes my favorites or start menu options to an SD card. I then "sneaker net" them to my other computer to be copied onto that one as well as an external hard drive. Not only can I use them there, but I have extra backups. Not that it doesn't work, but it's more time consuming and so on to copy everything over everything, even when choosing folders that have new or updated files in them. If I add 3 files to my address book, for instance, I don't need to copy all 600 entries. Unless, however, I want to sort the folder by modified date and then choose some files at the bottom of the list, copy them, and then resort the address book, copying them all is what I have to do. I'd like the computer to simply skip over any files already in existance that have not been modified. If you know how this could be done, I'd appreciate any suggestions. It doesn't have to be a WE app. It could be a set of simple batch files. It should be easy enough to create them and have them run with Start Menu shortcuts. Thanks! Marilyn At 10:49 PM 4/27/2012, you wrote: >hmmm, maybe your dreams are not too far away? > >Are you aware of the XCopy feature of your Windows? It has a built-in >feature to copy only the needed files. And, it can be set to do so >quietly >- meaning, there will be no questioning if you want it yes or no). > >I have been using it for backup of my personal documents and other stuf >here for several years. > >It is fully possible to run it directly from the Run-dialog in Windows >itself, or to build a batch file that will call it up for you. But that >takes for you, to remember a few switches every time. > >A couple of years ago, I wrote a small script (app), that will let you >set up XCopy for multiple copy sessions, either at once, or one at a >time. I, for instance, have set up one that will copy all my budgets, >all my music, and all my WE-settings, all in one simple run. Thing is, >I wrote this script outside WE, meaning that you don't natively have a >hotkey for it, and it won't show up in your App Manager. On the other >hand, you can run it even on systems that has no screen reader >installed, or, I have even run it with NVDA. If it is of general >interest, I might give it some more work, and I could turn it into a WE >app. At the moment when I wrote it, I simply did not have enough >knowledge of the app developing environment in WE, and I wanted it to >be possible to run outside WE as well, why I made it the way I did. > >If I understand your query correct here, it might just be quite close >to your wantings. > >----- Original Message ----- From: "M and L Dorn" ><[email protected]> >To: "Post to GW-Info List" <[email protected]> >Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 2:29 AM >Subject: Dream App, No to all > > >>How about creating an app that adds the "No to all" option to dialog >>boxes for things like replacing or overwriting a file or folder? >>There's a "Yes to all" option, but no "No to all." >> >>In the DOS days I had batch files written that would replace the files >>in a folder that were new or modified since the one being replaced. >>Last time I checked into it, this option wasn't even available in the >>run dialog box. All I want to do is update a backup copy of some >>folders with whatever has been changed since I last copied them to the >>backup location or add those new files to that folder. It used to be >>simple to do this. Now you either have to do each one as it comes up, >>which is tedious at best, or just copy all the files whether you need to or not. >> >>TTFN, >>Marilyn >>If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original >>sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your >>message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your >>message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. >> >>GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You >>can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. 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