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Number   :  36
Date     :  2001-05-16
Author   :  Jim Witherspoon
Subject  :  xxcopy switches, etc.
Size(KB) :  1


Hi Kan,

I think the mnemonics for the XXCOPY switches are very good. They are
generally very consistent. For example, when found in another switch, "Z"
means "size". I do have to remember that "X" sometimes means "different"
and sometimes means "extra". For example, yesterday, I tried to use /DD to
specify "date different" when in fact I needed to use /DX. :-D I just need
more experience with XXCOPY, that's all.

Of course, that doesn't mean I don't get ideas about ways XXCOPY could be
improved in this respect, or to make it easier for people who have
difficulty with command-line utilities and switches.

One idea I had is to have "verbose" versions of the command switches. I
think some command-line utilities offer both short and "verbose" versions of
the switches that do the same thing.

Another idea would be to expand on the idea of putting XXCOPY parameters in
a text file - which is already done with the "exclusion list" file that
contains "xspec" exclusion specifiers. Such a parameter file could have
one-line directives like "include:" and "exclude:" The file could contain
several different "sets" of parameters to process.

And of course, what would really be helpful, especially to people who can't
handle command-line utilities well, would be a graphical "front-end". I
think of MPEG encoders like BladeEnc or Lame - there are lots of "front-end"
programs for those programs that operate by taking what the user specifies
in a graphical interface, and then generating the appropriate command-line
parameters and executing the command. But I know, "easier said than done"
!!!

I like your diagram - it's the old "Venn Diagram" we know from math or logic
classes in school.

jim



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