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Number   :  2338
Date     :  2002-06-23
Author   :  Kan Yabumoto
Subject  :  Hello There! (from xxxxx)
Size(KB) :  3



At 2002-06-23 12:31, xxxxx wrote:

>I am writing you offline as I feel too dumb to get how this works and
>don't think I deserve to take up everyone's time.
>
>But, I would like to beg you for your help as you are the very smart
>tech person and I am exhausted trying all the different combinations.
>
>Again:
>I am trying to copy MY DOCUMENTS files in Windows XP from C:\drive to
>F:\ just so I will have a backup copy. (When I do a simple copy and
>paste, many of the subdirectories are not showing up..... not a good way
>to do it.)
>
>You told me to put " around the command. I did. I have read your
>Technical Q&A and tried several other scenarios. Nothing is working.
>
>Could you please give me a simple xxcopy command to do this?
>
>Many thanks
>xxxxx
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Dear xxxxx:

The position of the quotation marks are very important.
I did not say to put " around the command.

If you did exactly what you said, it won't work.

E.g.,

"xxcopy c:\Program Files\ f:\Program files\"

The above won't work.

xxcoyp "c:\Program Files\" "f:\program files\"

This works.

It still all depends on other things. You need to
add other switches at times. For example, with the
above example, if there is no files in the top-level
directory, no files will be copied. Typically, you
need to add /S to include subdirectories.

Or, you may want to use the popular switch, /CLONE.
But, this has its own dangerous side effect if
you are trying to copy a directory to an existing
directory (destination) since the /CLONE operation
makes exact replica of the source in such a way
that if you specify a destination which already
exists, XXCOPY will remove files and directories
in the destination whose counterparts are not
present in the source. This is because /CLONE was
designed for both the first-time-duplication and
the subsequent incremental-backup operations.

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Whether you are embarrassed or not, my time is
quite limited and I would like you to post your
question at the discussion group so that a lot of
people can read my notes. Also, the Yahoo discussion
group archives past messages which can be retrieved
by a keyword search.

In short, I just can't always support freeware users
on a person-to-person basis where my answer is for
consumption of a single individual.

If you think you are considerate of everyone's time
in the discussion group, let me add that your
consideration is misguided.

I don't mind repeating my answer in the discussion
group. But, I really hate to repeat the same thing
in personal Emails. Your question is a very common
problem that others like you would benefit reading it.
All the subscribers in the group understand that.

Since no question (including this one) is too
stupid to ask in the forum, I decided to post
this answer to the discussion group.

Of course, if you are a paid licensee (please add
your license serial number in your Email), I would
not bitch about this.

Kan Yabumoto



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