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Number   :  503
Date     :  2001-07-31
Author   :  Joseph Maddison
Subject  :  Re: creating groups of files
Size(KB) :  1


This sounds suspiciously like spanning. The latest version of WinZip,
8.1 Beta, will support splitting into separate files without going
to removable media in the process. You could like up your files,
specifying a 650 MB chunk, and then move those chunks onto CD.

If you'd rather have files visible directly from the CD (though you'd
have an issue of which file is on what CD, though there are programs
to track this...) I would suggest making a 650 MB partition on your
hard drive. Use XXCOPY with the operation that marks files backed up
with the archive bit set, and then copy files until the partition fills.
Then make a CD of the 650 MB partition, clean it out, and then repeat
the copy (or move) operation. As long as it is something that progresses,
like a move or setting the archive bits (Kan can you elaborate on 
this?), you won't be copying the same first 650 MB of files over.

If you have something like the Packet writer that is a part of Adaptec's
Easy CD Creator, you can skip the partition and simply copy to the CD
until it is full, then start over with a new one.

Hope this helps,

Joseph Maddison
Minneapolis, MN



xxcopy@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> I am looking for a way to use xxcopy in a batch script to copy whole 
groups of files into directories of up to 650mb while maintianing 
directory structure, attributes, dates, etc, to prepare them for 
burnage. At present, I use xxcopy to backup my computer before 
burning them to CD, and it would help if I could automate the process 
that divides the files into 650mb dirs. Thanks.







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