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Number   :  3614
Date     :  2003-02-02
Author   :  Kan Yabumoto
Subject  :  Re: /Q3 working in ver 2.82.8d?
Size(KB) :  1


If you want to make this command line to be free from
user-prompt, you should make the following changes:

1. make the source specifier unambiguous by adding
the terminating backslash.

c:\src\ (with the trailing backslash)

(Other wise, if the destination does not exist as
a directory the command line can be and will be
interpreted as the root directory with "src" as
the name template to match).

2. XXCOPY may encounter a file with the same name
in the destination (a case of file overwrite)
which will generate a user prompt. Usually (/Y)
will always overwrite (/BB will always skip such
files).

Since with the possibility of user-prompts as shown
above, the command line combination cannot always
guarantee the /Q3 (most quiet) setting. Therefore,
with this case, XXCOPY quietly downgrade the /Q3
setting to /Q2 setting. If you really want /Q3
to stay, just add /Y.

(This behavior has been very "unpopular" and a few
people asked us why. We are considering to clean
up this behavior in the future).

Kan Yabumoto
==================================================

At 2003-02-01 12:12, you wrote:
>I'm new to xxcopy, so this could easily be pilot error
>on my part or maybe it has been previously discussed
>(although I searched the archives & didn't see it)-
>
>I'm trying to suppress filename output to the screen
>and /oF0 does what I want (except it tells me I'm
>using a command switch intended for users of the
>Corporate site license and forces me to enter
>an extra keypress) while /Q3 doesn't appear
>to do anything.
>
>My command line:
>xxcopy /EC "c:\src" /KS /H /E /ZE /ZS /q3 /oAxxlog.txt
>
>Thanks,
> Walt C.
>
>(BTW, xxcopy looks like a great tool for backups--
> I've just barely started scratching the surface!)



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