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Number   :  4084
Date     :  2003-03-20
Author   :  J. Merrill
Subject  :  Re: Problem: It's only copying zero byte files
Size(KB) :  1


I used that command (changing the source and destination specs) and added /L (don't really copy, just list what would be copied) and a number of files were listed.

Your boss is smart IMO to use last access time to determine what files can safely be removed from the system. However, a lot of different things can modify it -- for example, I believe that Kan wrote once that reading the icon of a file for display in Explorer can change the last-access time.

If you have backup software that modifies the "last access time" of your files, you should tell the vendor to fix it (or get some better software).

Good luck.

At 08:28 AM 3/20/2003 -0600, Speener, Mark wrote
>I'm trying to move files that haven't been touched in more than 2 years to
>another directory for review and archive. As a test, I'm just copying the
>files to another computer to see how much space we'll retrieve. 
>
>Here's the command:
>xxcopy d:\groups\*.* \\cd3598-setup\c$\groups /DB#730 /FA /E /SC
>This will only copy zero byte files. If I add /SZ:1- then it copies no
>files.
>My boss wants last access to be the criteria. What constitutes access?
>Backups? 
>Thanks for the help.


J. Merrill / Analytical Software Corp



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