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Number   :  4860
Date     :  2003-06-20
Author   :  J. Merrill
Subject  :  Enhancement request: multiple output files
Size(KB) :  0


I agree with the advice in Tech Bulletin 26 that you don't want the names of copied files cluttering the main log file. I also don't want the names of skipped files to be in there, but I'd like to retain the list of skipped files. If deleting, I'd like the names of the deleted files.

I'd like to suggest that the various /o? options (where ? is one of DEFIPSX) accept optional filespecs. So then e.g. /oD2:deleted.log /oF2:copied.log /oS2:skipped.log
would let me keep those long lists out of the /oA output file.

It'd be nice if I could use the same filename for each of those if I wanted to.

I suppose I could arrange for multiple XXCOPY /L runs, collecting those separate lists, and finally do a run without /L that has /oD0 /oF0 /oS0. That's my alternative, I guess; ick.

Is this a request that might be (a) easy enough; (b) useful enough; (c) desired enough by others; to actually happen? Thanks. 

J. Merrill / Analytical Software Corp



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