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Number   :  3509
Date     :  2003-01-13
Author   :  Kan Yabumoto
Subject  :  Re: How to schedule an XXCOPY run
Size(KB) :  3


John:

Let me add to what John said.

If you don't add the /Y switch, XXCOPY by default prompts you for
a file-overwrite occasion. You may then respond, by Y(es), N(no),
A(ll). to the prompt.

Being compatible with Microsoft's XCOPY, XXCOPY's overwrite-prompt
control switches are backward from the prompt-generation point-of view.

/Y0 // to add the warning prompt for file-overwrite
/Y // to suppress the prompt

Now, with /Po (prompt on overwrite), you may say

/Po // prompt for file-overwrite
/Po0 // no prompt-on-overwrite

That is, /Po and /Y0 are the same and /Po0 and /Y are the same.
Why we added these? We like symmetry. The earliest XCOPY had
only one type of warning prompt (the file-overwrite) and the Yes/No
prompt meant the overwrite prompt. Now, with quite a few types
of warnings by XXCOPY, the /Y switch looks really odd.

So, we are gradually, making the transition. /Po (Prompt-on-Overwrite)
seems more consistent with other switches. Considering that many
XCOPY users are retiring and every day, we find new users learn
XXCOPY without any familiarity, silly legacies of XCOPY should be
phased out...

It is not very clear exactly what is happening at John's computer.
Whether or it is redundant, please add a few things always in
problem report:

1. Windows version
2. XXCopy's version
3. Your xxcopy command line
4. description of result. (at least the exit code).

If the operation that causes "Nothing" returns 0, that usually
means XXCOPY was successful. If the exit code was 100, then
it means it tries to copy files and it was successful but there
was no file in the source directory that matches the specification
and the selection of the files (Exit Code 100 is not an error
in our view).

Since punctuation (even one space character) may make a difference
in command line operation, it is best that you share with us
exactly what typed (the following long line probably wraps around).

xxcopy "D:\John's Documents\Everything" "F:\John's Documents\" /s /h 
/onc:\xxerror.txt

Here, I added /H that may pick up hidden files or inside a directory
which has the hidden/system attributes. Lastly, it is probably easier
for you to add /ON:c:\xxerror.txt and show us the content of the
c:\xxerror.txt file after the operation. The /ON (or /OA) switch
generate a log file which answers a lot of questions that we would
ask to the user who reports a problem to us.

We often hear users saying "I tried everything". If it were
true, he already had the solution. In most cases, the user
hardly tried anything reasonable. So, it is important for us to
know what he did (and what not). Don't hesitate to overwhelm us
with more info than underwhelm us being stingy on the description 

Kan Yabumoto

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At 2003-01-12 14:51, you wrote:
>Thanks Kan , results so far .
>
>The Folder Everything contains files & folders .
>
>Object , to copy changed files & folders in Everything .
>
>Option 1 . Overwrite y/n/a
>
>Option 2 . Nothing happens .
>
>Option 3 . Tried a lot of combinations of the /s switch , but was
>unable to work out exactly
>where to put it .
>
>John .



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