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Number   :  3452
Date     :  2003-01-05
Author   :  Richard Kirkham
Subject  :  Re: Any way to copy a fixed list of files to another drive?
Size(KB) :  2


I tried that using my autoit skills but it takes
forever for the list itself to compile and to make it
updated youi'd have to compile a new list each time.

Rick


--- Kan Yabumoto  wrote:
> 
> 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
>
==========================================================
> 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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