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Number   :  5058
Date     :  2003-07-21
Author   :  thoughtsandideas
Subject  :  Re: /RX switch problem....
Size(KB) :  2


--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "garrydeane"  wrote:
> --- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "thoughtsandideas"  wrote:
> > When I run this command:
> > 
> > xxcopy z:\data k:\backup\data /CLONE /Q1 /oE3 /FF /PB /NX0 /RX
> > 
> > ...it prompts me to delete directories from the dst, even
> > though they DO exist in the src. Without the /RX switch, it
> > doesn't prompt me to do that, and it doesn't delete those
> > directories (and it shouldn't, because they do exist in the
> > src.) The documentation says "/RX: Removes files in dst which
> > are absent in src (no copying)." So why is /RX trying to
> > delete files in the dst that are *present* in the src?
> > 
> > That set of switches, excluding /RX, almost does what I want.
> > The only problem is that it prompts me to delete any dst dirs
> > that are absent in the src... I thought /RX would fix that,
> > but it doesn't. What switch am I missing?
> 
> I'm not too clear on what you are trying to do. I think your
> problem is that you have used /clone which is shorthand for a
> long list of other switches (see xxcopy /clone/?) then by using
> /RX, you have overridden the meaning of some of those switches.
> 
> For example, /clone uses /PD0 which suppresses prompting before
> each directory copy/remove whereas /RX uses /PD which does prompt
> first. This latter use of /PD takes precedence. Additionally,
> using /RX instead of /RXY causes a prompt prior to deletion of
> files in the dest. Also, /clone uses /PZ0 which causes a prompt
> on the use of the /Z switch in the clone command which
> serves almost the same purpose as /RX but results in yet
> another prompt.
> 
> It seems that you used /RX to get rid of the prompts that you
> get with the /clone command. To figure out which switches will
> suppress the prompts, press "?" when prompted and xxcopy will
> display which switch suppresses that prompt.
> 
> In your case, if you remove the /RX from your command line,
> you just need to add /PZ0 to suppress the "make sure the dest
> is correct" prompt.

"make sure dest is correct" isn't my problem, though. From my
original post:

> That set of switches, excluding /RX, almost does what
> I want. The only problem is that it prompts me to 
> delete any dst dirs that are absent in the src. I
> thought /RX would fix that, but it doesn't. What 
> switch am I missing?

I didn't know you could press "?" to see switches that would suppress
the prompt; I'll try that.

Also, you said:

> For example, /clone uses /PD0 which suppresses 
> prompting before each directory copy/remove

If that's true, then it's broken, because I *do* get prompted...
anytime it's about to delete a dst dir that's absent in the src. And
that's without using /RX. /RX just adds more prompts -- it prompts me
to delete dirs that it shouldn't even be deleting, because they *do*
exist in the src.

-Anthony



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