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Number   :  4380
Date     :  2003-04-20
Author   :  meirman@e...
Subject  :  Re: Blank Directories
Size(KB) :  1


At 05:14 AM 4/20/03 -0000, rgen248x wrote:
>A blank directory is a directory with no files.
>I copy from the same source dir (can contain several files) using the 
>same control switches except for a /DA:2000-1 or a /DB:2001-1. When 
>my source file does not have any files that meet the date limits a 
>blank (empty) directory is created.

I'm not going to go check, but isn't there a switch to copy empty
directories, like /E? So what would /E0 do?

If not, maybe one can go over the source a second time and delete them
somehow.

>BOB
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>--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, meirman@e... wrote:
>> At 02:59 PM 4/18/03 -0000, rgen248x wrote:
>> >I have successfully used XXCOPY for backup for a few years on my 
>> >Windows 98 system. To minimize backup time and disk activity I 
>have 
>> >split the files into two groups, old and new files.
>> >
>> >I have one condition I do not like, a large number (42 in 108) 
>blank 
>> >directories are created.
>> >I use the following switch settings:
>> >/AC/BI/H/Q/Q2/R/ZY/YY/ZS/DA:2003-1-1 on new file backup and 
>DB;2003-1-
>> >1 on old file backup
>> >
>> >I have tried several different settings but cannot eliminate the 
>> >blank directories. Does anyone have any suggestions to change this?
>> 
>> By blank directories, do you mean empty directories? Those with no 
>files
>> or other directories inside them?
>> 
>> >Bob
>> >
>> 
>> Meir 
>> 
>> meirman@e... Baltimore, MD, USA
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Meir 

meirman@e... Baltimore, MD, USA



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