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Number   :  3173
Date     :  2002-12-02
Author   :  Kan Yabumoto
Subject  :  Re: Help command
Size(KB) :  2



The /HELP command with other switches (or any thing resembling a switch)
will give you a partial display starting with the alphabet of the
last of such items. Any of the following command will give you
a listing of help text for switches that start with O.

xxcopy /o /help
xxcopy /x /help /o
xxcopy /x/y/z/ok/help

There is nothing wrong with the following:

>XXCOPY >G:\copy.txt C:\ D:\DC_C\ /CLONE
>
>permissable?

But, I generally suggest the use of /ON or /OA for saving the
log of error/warning and /FM/FO for file-list.
(Note the /ON or /OA are for error and /FO is for the list
of files that were successful; even though you may put everything
into the log file (with /OF), merging the two into one will
make it more difficult to sift through the list --- the error
and warning will become a needle in a haystack).

Since /FO is very much like the display you see on the console,
I find very little reason to use an output-redirection technique
(which makes you a blind operator). The trouble with the
console output redirection is that when the program prompts you
for input, you have no idea why the program is "hung"; it is
not a good way for any interactive program which generates
user prompts.

Lastly, if you want to perform a "dry-run", just add the /L
switch at the end the command line. The /L switch is compatible
with nearly *ALL* XXCOPY commands and it makes the operation
harmless since with the presence of /L, the volume contents will
not be modified (no copy, no overwrite, no deletion, so no loss
of data on the volume).

Kan Yabumoto
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At 2002-12-02 10:35, you wrote:
>This past week I thought I saw reference to a command as follows:
>
>XXCOPY /O /HELP
>
>Did I see this correctly? Also is
>
>XXCOPY >G:\copy.txt C:\ D:\DC_C\ /CLONE
>
>permissable?
>
>I certainly do not want to manually execute either of these commands and 
>'screw up' something.
>
>Is there a 'test' command in XXCOPY?
>
>David G Connett
>dgconnett@e...



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