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Number   :  3541
Date     :  2003-01-20
Author   :  Melissa Evans
Subject  :  Re: glitch?
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Virg,

This line

> xxcopy c:\lamps\htdocs\members\~1st*.* /s/rs/yy/onc:\xlog.txt

not only deletes ~1st*.* but all empty subdirectories as well. To 
retain the empty subdirectories, use the switch /ed.

Kan warns, wisely, against using the switch /yy blindly. Type your 
command lines by hand with the switch /L (look, don't do) or /? (tell 
me what the switches mean) before going ahead with a destructive 
command. I've made it a habit to type xxcopy /L before I add source, 
destination, or other switches; that way, if I hit "enter" too soon, 
I won't have done something awful.

Melissa Evans
ASML Optics, LLC
Richmond, California



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