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Number   :  2339
Date     :  2002-06-23
Author   :  Dwayne Reid
Subject  :  Re: /X exclude paramter confusion
Size(KB) :  2


At 10:25 AM 6/23/02 -0500, Kan Yabumoto wrote:

>Dwayne:
>
>DCOPY32 v.2.40.0 is equivalent to XXCOPY.EXE v.2.40.0.
>
>Now, the distinction between the remaining two which
>does not have syntax error,
>
> /x"\Temporary Internet Files\*\*"
> /x"*\Temporary Internet Files\*\*"
>
>is the asterisk at the beginning. Since the first one
>with the leading backslash signifies the root directory
>(of the volume for the source directory), it is an
>absolute path specifier. It reads "everything in the
>"\Temporary Internet Files\" directory.
>
>The second one is a relative path specifier. The leading
>* is an effect similar to /S for the source specifier.
>It includes all subdirectories of the source base
>directory whose directory name is "Temporary Internet Files".
>
>Unfortunately, the example Dwayne supplied has %1 and %2
>which were not supplied. So I can't comment on the example.

Sorry about the commission. %1 is always u: where u: is mapped 
to the particular machine I am backing up. %2 is a drive spec / directory 
name that reflects that machine on the tape backup drive.

A specific example follows:

rem start of lwk backup
\windows\net use u: "\\lwk\c" /yes
call %0 "u:\Documents and Settings" "t:\lwk\Documents and Settings"
call %0 "u:\lotus\notes\data" "t:\lwk\lotus\notes\data"

The intent is to copy the contents of Larry's "documents and settings" 
directory to a sub-directory on the tape drive named "lwk\documents and 
settings". Same for the Lotus notes stuff. This is then repeated for all 
machines that I am backing up.

I should mention that the above has been working nicely for several years 
now. But I had to restore some files recently and found that I am backing 
up stuff that I don't need to back up: specifically, temporary internet 
files. Thus my desire to modify my backup routines.

All machines are Win 98 SE except lwk which is win 2000. Kan - does the 
potential bug you mention with the current version of Dcopy32 that I am 
using affect mapped drives as well as UNC specified drives?

Finally, I should also mention that all network print and file sharing is 
done using NETBUI. TCP/IP is only used for internet access and is not used 
for file sharing (bindings all un-checked) as per Steve Gibson's 
 recommendations.

To summarize, the full command line might look like:

.\bin\dcopy32 "u:\Documents and Settings" "t:\lwk\Documents and Settings" 
/bu/x*.swp/x*.par/x"*\Temporary Internet Files\*\*" /onerror.log%3

where u: has been mapped to \\lwk\c

dwayne

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