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Number   :  2448
Date     :  2002-07-10
Author   :  dontsendjunk2me
Subject  :  Re: CD-write sans Direct-CD (& alphabetical order again)
Size(KB) :  1


i think i'm back to that 700M partition again, if i want some 
semblence of sorting to the files. i was thinking of using a scheme 
like

> copy a*
> copy b*
> copy c*
> ...

to get semi-alphabetical order, but that doesn't seem compatible with 
the /Q switches, because the quota would seem to reset after each 
letter of the alphabet.

i did the research, and now understand why the "alphabetical-order" 
feature is not likely to be implemented in xxcopy anytime soon. but 
what about other ways to copy files in a certain order? pkzipc 
(command line) lets me input a listfile as the first argument. i'll 
try that, and see if it copies files in the order of the listfile.

or, can the source specifier and multiple files in the /in switch be 
parsed in either strict forward or reverse order? 

example:
xxcopy a* C:\cdtemp\ /QBL:700M /in b* /in c* ...
(forgive my probably bad and nonfunctional xxcopy syntax; i haven't 
really dabbled in this fancy stuff yet.)
this could theoretically do what i want to do, if it was parsed the 
way i want it to be. i'll test that now.

--- In xxcopy@y..., Joseph Maddison  wrote:
> How about setting up a 700 MB partition somewhere and filling that 
up. That has 
> the added benefit over Kan's solution, of letting you manually fill 
in the gaps 
> where as if you run into a large file that won't fit you waste 
space.
> 
> > >i'd like to find a way to copy 700 megs of files into a temp
> > >directory. i could then burn them to cd with a command line 
burning
> > >program, and repeat, as necessary, perhaps using a batch file. is
> > >there a way to do that copy with xxcopy (or (do i hear heresy?)
> > >another util?)?



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