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Number   :  133
Date     :  2001-06-03
Author   :  Kan Yabumoto
Subject  :  Re: Prompt before file copy
Size(KB) :  2


At 2001-06-03 07:13, David Tornberg wrote:

>How can I get a prompt before creating (not overwriting) each
>destination file? Using /P does not seem to work. I'm sure I've
>missed something basic.
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Congratulations!!!

You are the first one to ask this question. It seems odd that
nobody before you asked about this. In light of what XXCOPY is,
there is no reason why you cannot have a user prompt before
creating a file. After all XXCOPY asks if it's OK to create
a destination directory if it's not there). If XXCOPY worries
about overwriting a file, it should also consider creating a
file is also a big deal a times.

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Of course, XXCOPY simply inherited the /Y thing from
Microsoft and we all can see the motivation ---
overwriting a file is basically a loss of existing data
whereas creating a file does not involve in destruction
of anything except the remaining disk space).
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In the case of a directory, XXCOPY generates prompts on

/I0 // generates a prompt before creating a new destination dir
/PD // every time a new sub directory is to be processed

Now, as David pointed out, /P is not specific to file creation.
Currently, XXCOPY has the following switches

/P // prompts at any file action (for create and overwrite)
/Y0 // prompts when a file is to be overwritten

Indeed, the prompt prior a file-creation is missing...

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So, what we need is a new set of prompts like...

/PC // prompts before file-creation
/Po // prompts before file-overwriting (equivalent to /Y0)

Here' /Po is just to make it symmetrical.

We will put this in our queue for the future enhancements.
We welcome comments and suggestions if someone can come up with
additional (and related) prompts in similar occasions.

Kan Yabumoto

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