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Number   :  51
Date     :  2001-05-17
Author   :  Jim Witherspoon
Subject  :  XXCOPY /CF command file switch
Size(KB) :  3


Kan - the /CF Command File feature sounds great! Even though I haven't read
the details yet.

I remember a program that came out a long time ago - the basic idea was to
allow you to manipulate files using the Dbase command language. That
sounded great back then, when I knew the Dbase language quite well. But I
have forgotten it now! I suppose a lot of file management could be done
using VBScript in conjunction with the Windows Scripting Host (WSH) and the
File System Object (FSO), but I bet it would be s-l-o-w.

jim

> But, there is a good news for you if you have not seen the
> recent beta test version. One of the new things we have added
> to XXCOPY recently was the command file. Finally, with
> a mechanism to specify an arbitrarily long command input data,
> we can remove all the previous constraints on the design of
> the command switches. Before the command file switch was
> added, we had to keep the command line as short as possible.
>
> The command file (/CF) feature allows you to add comments so that
> the file (almost like a "script file" even though we don't
> call it a script yet --- simply because we have not added any
> flow-control command. If we add just a few more elements,
> such as goto, loop, and variables, then it will be like BASIC
> that people love to hate). Anyway, I have resisted to the
> idea of making a script file and its own language which is
> yet another way to torture the users with more stuff to
> confront.
>
> It won't be long before the command file stuff is officially
> released. For now, for technical reasons, the official
> beta version does not have a working download program.
>
> But anyone interested in learning the new features which
> will one day become the standard feature, please visit
> the following page
>
> http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy/newbeta/
>
> Although the whole set of web pages in the subdirectory
> (linked from the newbeta page), looks like a duplicate set of
> the regular release pages, the technical bulletins inside
> this directory are adjusted for the new beta version.
> (you can even find the command syntax for the /CF switch).
>
> Please do not ask for a working beta version program for
> download. We will announce it shortly ---- but, we are
> too busy spending time with this new XXCOPY discussion group!!!
>
> (So far, I like this group's interaction).
>
> Kan Yabumoto
> 
>
> ==================================================================
> At 2001-05-16 12:20, you wrote:
> >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.
>
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