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Number : 267 Date : 2001-06-22 Author : Kan Yabumoto Subject : Re: Multi-step XXCOPY operations Size(KB) : 4
Hi all. I'm not sure what was I thinking. I should have tested the batch file script before posting my message :-( Programming is always full of pitfalls even for simple batch files which we all know so well... Let me correct my mistake in my own explanation in my Msg #148 with regard to the relationship to /ATH and /H. I picked the wrong switch. /ATH is not the same as /H. ------------------------------------------------------------------- /ATH excludes the files which do not have the H-bit set. /Ho (exactly the same as /ATH) /H excludes nothing cancelling /H0 (which excludes hidden files) ------------------------------------------------------------------- As to the RmDir warning, I should have added the /ED switch to preserve empty directories. (The rule book says any of the removal operations (the R-series of switches) tries to remove *ALL* directories inside the target directory). And also I realize now the last line had /ED which was also wrong. So the batch should have been written as: CLEANUP.BAT ------------------------------------------------------------- xxcopy e:\xxtmp\ /rsy/h/r/yy/ed // clean up 1st xxcopy e:\asivasrv\ e:\xxtmp\ /s/h/fc/db#40/sz0 xxcopy e:\xxtmp\ /s/h/fw/da#39/rsy/pd0/ed xxcopy e:\asivasrv\ e:\xxtmp\ /s/h/rsy/pd0/u/ed xxcopy e:\xxtmp\ /rsy/h/r/yy // destroy this ------------------------------------------------------------- >I vaguely remember using a shareware program called Robocopy decades ago >to do backup in DOS and struggling mightily with its array of confusing >switches and only sporadic bulletin board support. Not only is xxcopy >clear and logical but it is well documented and has the best support (Kan) >around. > >-Gabe Fineman Gabe, thanks for your historic insights. I was not aware of the origin of Robocopy (I have long suspected that it was created by a third party). It is now an official Microsoft product which is bundled in Microsoft's Windows NT (Also Win2000) Resource Kit. I never understnad why Microsoft does not include Robocopy in their regular WinNT/2000 release. It is targeted to the IT professionals only. For everthing else, Microsoft is still behind the XCOPY utility which is gradually getting better. I suppose Microsoft has to justify the price of the Resource Kit (which is not bad for the 4-inch thick book itself) with something like Robocopy which is bundled in it. As mentioned in our XXTB #30, we try to beat Robocopy. Let me say that Robocopy is not a bad product. But, we are determined to do a *LOT* more than whatever XXCOPY's competitors do. Actually, I'm waiting a phone call from Mr. Gates who would offer some big bucks for my XXCOPY. Serious. Of course, that would be the end of XXCOPY as you know it... I doubt that anybody who once worked hard on Robocopy is not even interested in giving us a challenge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BTW, I have always been wondering how Microsoft's employees are instructed to behave in the Internet. We have been running the DATMAN web site (and this XXCOPY sites) for many years. We have collected over 30,000 entries in our guestbook registration. Since it is involved in tape drive and backup, we have hundreds of people from Hewlett-Packard's worldwide operations. Same goes true with IBM and most notable big corporations. After all, they have thousands of engineers working for them. Yet, we can spot less than 10 individuals in our mailing list who identify themselves as a Microsoft employee. It has been a big mystery for us. Why are there so few Microsoftees roaming the Net? Even in the newsgroups, I don't recall seen any message posted by an individual who identifies as a Microsoft employee. (I seen many from other computer companies all the time.) (Of course, "Bill Gates" is one of the very popular aliases for bogus guestbook entries.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kan Yabumoto ==========================================================================
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