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Number   :  3750
Date     :  2003-02-18
Author   :  CBFalconer
Subject  :  Re: Will xxcopy rebuild a whole directory tree forone file?
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Kan Yabumoto wrote:
> 
... snip ...
> 
> Since /CLONE also remove extra files and directories from the
> destination that are no longer present in the source (/ZY),
> it makes /CLONE quite dangerous if you are not careful.
> /CLONE/Z0 to disable the /ZY action makes it much safer except
> that the repeated use of /CLONE to the same backup directory
> will eventually accumulate many obsolete files in the destination.

Which suggests to me that it would be useful to be able to
generate a filelist of those files that would be destroyed by
non-Z0 operation. This could be used as input to a zip utility,
or suitable interface batch program, to preserve them elsewhere. 
Editing the list will eliminate non-useful junk. The filelist
generation run could be quite fast, as it need not actually move
anything. 

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