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Number   :  2835
Date     :  2002-09-21
Author   :  Brian Phillips
Subject  :  Re: Full path v wild cards
Size(KB) :  1


In message , Kan=20
Yabumoto  writes
>Brian:
>The only logical explanation is that you have not removed
>all the hidden and system attributes from *ALL* of the
>directory (or the files themselves) that are involved.
>
>Your contrasting experiment (with and without the /H switch)
>unequivocally proves that this is the case.
>=A0=A0=A0 --------------------------------------------------------
>=A0=A0=A0=A0 In my previous message, I used an ambiguous statement:
>
>=A0=A0=A0=A0 >In my case, I did not add /H which may be
>=A0=A0=A0=A0 >necessary if the file has the hidden/system file
>=A0=A0=A0=A0 >attributes (or in a hidden/system directory).
>
>=A0=A0=A0=A0 I should have said that the /H switch *IS* required
>=A0=A0=A0=A0 if the fullpath contains a hidden or system
>=A0=A0=A0=A0 directory/path.=A0 That is, /H is not an option but
>=A0=A0=A0=A0 a MUST in such cases.
>=A0=A0=A0 --------------------------------------------------------
>
>Then, there is a very small chance that could be...
>I'm not sure whether or not the file/directory "caching"
>mechanism which are assumed to be implemented in the
>Windows system has a subtle "bug" with regard to the
>hiddenness of a directory attributes --- I assume a reboot
>of the system would get around this scenario.
>(Of course, we always reserve the right to later admit
>that it is a form of bug on our product :-)
>
>Regards,
>Kan Yabumoto

Thanks Kan

Whether there is a bug or not (in xxcopy or Win 2000), or whether, as I=20
suspect, there is some quirk in the Word program, the /h switch=20
provides a simple work around with no apparent side effects.

Brian



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