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Number   :  37
Date     :  2001-05-16
Author   :  Deon Boshoff
Subject  :  Re: xxcopy switches, etc.
Size(KB) :  2


Maybe somebody should add all the switches with the meaning and uses.

Deon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Witherspoon" 
To: 
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 7:20 PM
Subject: [xxcopy] xxcopy switches, etc.


> 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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