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Number   :  42
Date     :  2001-05-16
Author   :  james sadler
Subject  :  Re: xxcopy switches, etc.
Size(KB) :  2



--- Deon Boshoff  wrote:
> 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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> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> I would like to back up my entire hard drive to
CDRW. Of course this would span severla CDs. What is
the best sntax with xxcopy to do this job. Secondly if
I want to do daily updates to that backup what
switches should I use?
Jim
> 


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