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Number   :  242
Date     :  2001-06-20
Author   :  MCALISTER, JAMES E
Subject  :  Re: Flatten subdirectories
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>>In most case, the files that are collected into the destination
directory of the flattening command should be regarded as temporary
and should be discarded after its use. Of course, this is one
good way to archive certain class of files on a semi-permanent basis.<<

Right now, I am temporarily archiving files that are about to be
overwritten. I am creating a directory for the date and then using the /S
switch:

xxcopy d:\personal\*.* d:\archives\/$yyyymmdd$\ /m /s /yy

I might be better to "flatten" the structure into a single directory with a
file name that contains the date. Then if I could figure out how to
simultaneously delete the files that were older than 30 days, I would have a
pretty simple way to hold on to files "just in case" before deleting them
forever.

Thanks for the detailed explanation, and other comments/suggestions will be
appreciated.

James



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