Tony, Xcopy is still subjected to the same restricted properties of the Copy command. You Cannot copy an Open File of any kind with an expectation of success (some applications do not keep the file open while working on the In Memory copy of the File (notepad does this) , so those types of files would copy successfully.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Nicolini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 6:47 PM Subject: RE: R:Tango / Windows2000 > > Mike, > > I believe you missed one point. I "xcopy"ed OPEN (CONNECTED) database > files. I know it works fine with CLOSED (DISCONNECTED) files because I > also use XCOPY for such purpose. > Try to XCOPY one OPEN database to another location and you will see what > error I'm talking about (Win98). > Thanks for the detailed reply. > > > Tony Nicolini > Dec/26/2001 - 18:45 Hs (Florida) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of MikeB > Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 6:32 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: R:Tango / Windows2000 > > > Well, I don't know which of these switches you were using, but I suppose it > is possible that the "Xcopy"ed files could be out of synch. Have you tried > RBsync to reset the timestamp on them. I can think of no good reason that an > "Xcopy"ed file would be corrupted simply by copying it to another location. > After doing an initial full XCopy *.* /E I would do an Attrib -A /S to > remove the archive attribute on every file, then thereafter use Xcopy /M /E > /Q in a scheduled event to only copy the files that were new or changed. > > XCOPY source [destination] [/A | /M] [/D[:date]] [/P] [/S [/E]] [/V] [/W] > [/C] [/I] [/Q] [/F] [/L] [/H] [/R] [/T] [/U] > [/K] [/N] [/Z] > > source Specifies the file(s) to copy. > destination Specifies the location and/or name of new files. > /A Copies files with the archive attribute set, > doesn't change the attribute. > /M Copies files with the archive attribute set, > turns off the archive attribute. > /D:m-d-y Copies files changed on or after the specified date. > If no date is given, copies only those files whose > source time is newer than the destination time. > /P Prompts you before creating each destination file. > /S Copies directories and subdirectories except empty ones. > /E Copies directories and subdirectories, including empty ones. > Same as /S /E. May be used to modify /T. > /V Verifies each new file. > /W Prompts you to press a key before copying. > /C Continues copying even if errors occur. > /I If destination does not exist and copying more than one file, > assumes that destination must be a directory. > /Q Does not display file names while copying. > /F Displays full source and destination file names while > copying. > /L Displays files that would be copied. > /H Copies hidden and system files also. > /R Overwrites read-only files. > /T Creates directory structure, but does not copy files. Does > not > include empty directories or subdirectories. /T /E includes > empty directories and subdirectories. > /U Copies only files that already exist in destination. > /K Copies attributes. Normal Xcopy will reset read-only > attributes. > /N Copies using the generated short names. > /Z Copies networked files in restartable mode. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tony Nicolini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 4:14 PM > Subject: RE: R:Tango / Windows2000 > > > > Hi Mike, > > > > It doesn't. I checked on that before writing my question. > > I also was not able to connect the "open" database copied with the XCOPY > > command. > > Thank you for the quick reply. > > > > Tony Nicolini > > Dec/26/2001 - 16:12 Hs (Florida) > > > > > > ----------------- > > > > Tony, > > I never use RBases' mirror command, but during an RBase Session, it > would > > seem to me that if the "mirrored" files already had a pointer to them, > they > > probably are not connectable. 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