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Number   :  2455
Date     :  2002-07-11
Author   :  rotaiv
Subject  :  Re: XCOPY-compatibility
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At 7/11/2002 12:13 AM, Kan Yabumoto wrote:

>====================================================================
>
>Please give us your feedback on this issue. I want as many of
>you to respond to the following questions:
>
> 1 [X] I want current XXCOPY's switch left as is (/EX/SC1/SC3)
> [ ] I want full XCOPY-compatibility (reassign /EX/SC1/SC3/X/Z)
> [ ] I don't know the issue very well.
>
> 2 [X] I want /NP (precise-name matching) to be the default.
> [ ] I want /NP0 (XCOPY-compatible behavior) to be the default.
> [ ] I don't know the issue very well.
>
>=====================================================================

Here are my thoughts:

For simple copying operations, I often use xcopy just out of pure 
habit. It's still hard for me to throw that extra 'X' in there after all 
these years of using xcopy. However, as soon as I want to do something the 
least bit complicated, I always use xxcopy. Which is main reason why I was 
clueless that XP's version of xcopy has some new switches.

With that in mind, I have become accustomed to the xxcopy switches and 
really do not want to re-learn its syntax each time Microsoft improves 
their version. While it has been admirable that xxcopy has retained 
backwards compatibility, it has also imposed limitations that could have 
been avoided. This end result is that in rare cases (which escape me right 
now), xxcopy has perpetuated some of xcopy flaws and/or limitations.

I agree with Kan, enough is enough. Let's keep the switches the way they 
are and furthermore, let's open up the opportunity fix some of the issues 
that we never liked (if there are any remaining).

Since I was the one that ran into the /NP problem, it goes with out saying, 
I think that should be the default behavior. I can always revert back to 
the way it is now if I need that functionality.

rotaiv.



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