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Number   :  3419
Date     :  2003-01-03
Author   :  Kan Yabumoto
Subject  :  Re: Any way to copy a fixed list of files to another
Size(KB) :  2



If you have the skill and the tools to make a batch file
which makes a big batch file which spells out everything in
the form of

one source file --> one destination file

Then, there is little reason for you to make each line from
COPY to XXCOPY.

To answer your question, no, there is no mechanism for XXCOPY
to take a list of input files.

The power of XXCOPY comes from its rich set of switches
that let you combine using some common and distinguishing
features of the files involved. We strongly discourage
replacing COPY by XXCOPY for no reason.

If you are sick and tired of the way you organize your
volume with respect to your MP3 files, you may use
any of the /SG /SX, and their variations to reorganize
your files. It is totally up to the user how the volume
and projects are organized. XXCOPY simply provide wide
range of options to manage your files.

Kan Yabumoto
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At 2003-01-02 16:07, you wrote:
>New to this forum, so apologies if a very newbie question . . .
>
>I'm interested in using xxcopy (or another program if xxcopy is not
>the right one) to copy a subset of my 15,000 song MP3 directory to an
>MP3 jukebox. The file/directory structure will be the same, and I
>currently generate a list of the paths and file names from a database
>of the 5000 or so that I want to copy.
>
>Since they are coming from 800 different directories, and often only
>some of a given directory is slated for copying, manually selecting
>and dragging is not an option.
>
>My current solution, then, is to create a 5000 line DOS batch file,
>where each line consists of something like:
>
>copy "f:\music\Pop_1-C\Beatles, The\Abbey Road\01 Come
>Together.mp3" "g:\Pop_1-C\Beatles, The\Abbey Road\01 Come
>Together.mp3"
>
>and run the batch file.
>
>My question is, does xxcopy offer any way to load a list of 5000
>files and copy them all? At the very least, I may replace the COPY in
>my batch file with XXCOPY, but if there's a way to just point XXCOPY
>to a text file listing the target files, that would simplify things
>even further.
>
>Thanks very much, and thanks for a very exciting and promising
>program!
>
>--Jason



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