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Number   :  61
Date     :  2001-05-17
Author   :  Joseph Maddison
Subject  :  Re: xxcopy switches, etc.
Size(KB) :  1


Dear Ken, Thanks for the very thorough reply. I wish to zoom in on 
one of your examples. 

> Here's another case
Before the copy (XXCOPY \SRC \DST)

Source Destination
-----------------------------------------------------------
LFN (SFN) LFN (SFN)
MYLONG~1 (MYLONG~1) MYLONG~1 (MYLONG~1)
MYLONG~2 (MYLONG~2) MYLONG~2 (MYLONG~2)

After the copy

Source Destination
-----------------------------------------------------------
LFN (SFN) LFN (SFN)
MYLONG~1 (MYLONG~1) MYLONG~1 (MYLONG~1)
MYLONG~2 (MYLONG~2) MYLONG~2 (MYLONG~2)

These are the result whether you use the /NX0 or not. <

You are making the assumption that the files in a directory are copied in alphabetical order on LFN. Is this correct? It would be
great if so, and would be the end of my worries here.

Otherwise, what can happen is a file MYLONG~2 (MYLONG~2) gets copied
first and becomes MYLONG~2 (MYLONG~1). What would then happen to
the following MYLONG~1 as it tries to copy the files in "file number"
order, if for some reason the MYLONG~2 has a lower file number?

> Please note that when you have a filename such as
MYLONG~1 (MYLONG~1) that is a result of previous file-copy
operations which went pretty bad <

Right. The name is trashed, but I wish to retain the content of both
files.

Thanks,
Joseph Maddison



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