Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 21:31:48 +0000 From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Long file name utility?
Well... this is an option, but it looks like a rather grueling method. In order to make an image of one subdirectory of C:\Windows\Application Data, I'd have to create a batch file with all of the root directories of C:\ and C:\Windows\ with the -skip command at the beginning of each line. I was reading the Ghost manual to figure out how a few dozen of command line switches work, and which ones would do the job for me, and came up with something like this: ghost.exe -clone,mode=dump,src=1,dst=d:\winapps.gho [EMAIL PROTECTED] But I've already obliterated one partition with Ghost about a year ago. One wrong slip oon the command line.... and POOF! :<0 Good suggestion though. It is a possibility. Matt >Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 21:26:41 -0800 >From: Casey Karp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Witty, wise, weird, and wonderful, Matthew Hanson wrote at 09:11 PM >2/14/2002 >>Unless I've missed something, I don't see any way to get Ghost to create >>an image of a group of selected files and folders. > >If you're not in a hurry, how about using the -skip commandline parameter >to exclude everything except the directories you want to keep? > >See below for an excerpt from the Ghost2001 manual; I'm pretty sure that >the -skip command goes back to at least Ghost 5 (before Norton bought it). > >Hope that helps, > > C. > >-skip=x >Skip File. Causes Norton Ghost to exclude the indicated files during an >operation. A skip entry can specify a single file, directory, or multiple >files >using the * wildcard. File names must be given in short file name format >and all pathnames are absolute. Only FAT system files are able to be >skipped. It is not possible to skip files on NTFS or other file systems. >The >skip switch may only be included in the command line once. To specify >multiple skip entries, they must be included in a text file indicated using >-skip=@skipfile. The format of the skip text file skipfile matches the >format >used with the CRC32 vexcept option. >Examples: >-skip=\windows\user.dll >Skips the file user.dll in the windows directory. >-skip=*\readme.txt >Skips any file called readme.txt in any directory. >-skip=\ghost\*.dll >Skips any file ending with .dll in the ghost directory. >Norton Ghost command-line switches >-skip=\progra~1\ >Skips the whole program files directory (note the short file name). >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Skips files as outlined in the skipfile.txt file. For example, the >skipfile.txt >contains: >*\*.tmt >[partition:1] >\windows\ >*\*.exe >[Partition:2] >*\*me.txt >This would skip all *.tmt files on any partition, the windows directory and >any *.exe files on the first partition, and any file that ended with the >me.txt >on the second partition. _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
