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Number   :  3259
Date     :  2002-12-12
Author   :  Chaz Cone
Subject  :  Re: Files keep getting copied when they should not be
Size(KB) :  2


Kan, I can't remember if I experimented before choosing /FF3. I may have 
just thought "what the heck, it can't hurt" and chose it. I don't have any 
evidence that /FF wouldn't work. I guess it's a case of "if it works, 
leave it alone".

Since there's no chance that the files will be open on both machines on the 
same day I don't have to worry about someone else hitting the file at about 
the same time.

So long as it does no harm, I'll leave it at /FF3 (even though /FF would 
probably yield the exact results).

C

At 06:52 AM 12/12/2002, you wrote:

>Chaz:
>
>I'm just curious on one little thing:
>
>You repeatedly showed the switch /FF3 which adds the fuzzy filetime
>matching range of plus/minus 3 seconds.
>
>My question is did you choose this setting because the default
>value of /FF (which is equivalent to /FF2) had some problem
>which /FF3 solved in a real world situation?
>
>Or is it your intuition to play safe using a slightly more
>forgiving value (but not exceedingly loose) on the occasion?
>
>I'm just curious about this point. That's because with the
>experiments that I ran, I always found /FF2 to be sufficient
>to eliminate a filesystem mismatch. What I was (and still am)
>not sure is whether /FF2 is always sufficient, or
>there is a real case where /FF2 does not work but /FF3 does.
>
>If your answer is no (not soure) but you chose /FF3 to be
>"safe", I still wonder if anyone else had cases where /FF3
>really made the difference.
>
>I'm curious but it's hard for me to know which is the truth.
>
>Kan Yabumoto
>============================================================
>
>At 2002-12-12 00:25, you wrote:
> >You didn't say if both machines are the same version of Windows and/or
> >running the same file structure (FAT/FAT32/NTFS).
> >
> >If there is a dissimilarity of file systems that could cause you pain.
> >
> >Why not use this form:
> >
> >xxcopy "f:\Palm\KjellbT\" "R:\Palm\KjellbT\" /clone /ff3 /yy /OA"BackupLog.
> >txt"
> >
> >That's what I use for the same purpose when one of my machines is running
> >XP Pro/NTFS and the other Win98SE/FAT32
> >
> >Chaz
>
>
>
>
>
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