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Number   :  4009
Date     :  2003-03-09
Author   :  dayvah49
Subject  :  Re: help for new users - EXAMPLES
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XXTB #11 was the place I went to most often when I was a new user to 
try and make XXCOPY's switches more understandable, concrete and 
useful. I needed that before I could understand some of the terse 
definitions of all those switches. Those examples are what started 
me on the journey of "teach a man how to fish" as Kan likes to say. 

I think there should be more examples grouped by functional 
classification, as well as useful switch combinations whether 
commonplace or obscure. Kan has done that many times, posting to the 
group useful but not obvious (at least to me!) combinations that do 
just what you want. All those examples and possibly ones by others 
could be plowed back into the XXCOPY website and with "links" (a key 
point made by Jon Hugdahl, see Msg# 3996 Sub: Guidance for new users) 
to their own pages.

If I click on a link to get a switch definition and there is another 
link *right there* to find out more, with examples and further 
details, that would be useful.

dayvah49 

--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "Peter & Melodye Bowers" 
 wrote:
> ALL new users should consider tech bulletin #11 (cookbook) as 
required
> reading!!!
> 
> The single biggest help for us as new users would be even more 
examples of
> how experienced users use xxcopy in the real world.
> 
> Perhaps even a contest to submit the best command files and the 
winners are
> posted in a tech bulletin?
> 
> Just my $0.02...
> 
> -Peter



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