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Number   :  244
Date     :  2001-06-20
Author   :  MCALISTER, JAMES E
Subject  :  Re: Flatten subdirectories
Size(KB) :  1


Kan, thanks for the excellent comments!

>>I see little advantage in the directory-flattening feature
if you do not exercise file-selection operation while the flattening
operation is carried out. 

I do see some advantage--but stand to be corrected if I'm looking at it
wrong. By flattening the structure and using the /SX switch, I can group
various generations of the same file together in Windows Exporer and inspect
them individually quite easily to see which one I need. If I maintain the
directory structure, I will have to navigate through many directories and
subdirectories to find what I need.


>>(BTW, in my opinion the /M switch should
never be used --- we keep it for the sake of XCOPY-compatibility
but the archive-bit is too unreliable for any operations. We like
the /BI switch much better than /M --- both has strength and
weakness but practically speaking, /BI is much better).

I'll have a look at /BI. 

> Then if I could figure out how to simultaneously delete the
> files that were older than 30 days,

>>Use /RSY/DB#31 to delete files which are older than 30 days (In a
separate command).

Will do!

Thanks!!

James



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