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Number   :  5211
Date     :  2003-08-04
Author   :  Garry Deane
Subject  :  Re: /RX switch problem....
Size(KB) :  2


--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "thoughtsandideas"  wrote:
> --- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "garrydeane"  wrote:
>> Did you try the following as I previously suggested?
>> 
>> xxcopy z:\data\ k:\backup\data\ /CLONE/FF/NX0/PZ0/ON:xxcopy.log
>> 
>> If you have tried this and are still being prompted, there's 
>> something strange with your setup that is causing a problem.
>> It might be the media, the directory names or some other
>> unusual case. I suggest you try to get to the bottom of it
>> rather than use /YY which might end up deleting data you
>> don't want to delete.
>> 
>> Garry
> 
> No, I didn't try /PZ0. Is that different from /PD0, which
> Kan suggested?
> 
> But how could /YY possibly delete any files that I didn't
> want it to? The only thing I'm telling it to do is:
> 
> /CLONE -- make an exact copy of the filetree
> /FF -- kludgey fix for timestamp stuff
> /NX0 -- suppress another prompt that happens about ten
> million times
> 
> So... it seems to me that saying /YY is just like saying "PS -
> I mean it." What else could it delete if I haven't specified
> anything else?

Yes /PZ0, /PD0 and /YY are all different. See 'xxcopy /p/help' for
a summary of the meaning of the various prompts. /PZ0 suppresses
the initial "Make sure the destination is correct" prompt. /YY
unconditionally suppresses all prompts. If you use /PZ0, you
should NOT receive any further prompts (other than the /NX prompt
which you are aware of) because /CLONE already includes /P0,
/Po0, /PC0 and /PD0.

You said previously that you are receiving directory deletion
prompts (when only using /clone) so if this is the case, there's
something strange going on - they should not occur.

You're right that Xxcopy will only delete the files/directories
that you have told it to so it should not cause any problems to
use /YY. It's just that I'd personally feel very wary because
Xxcopy might have encountered a situation it wasn't expecting.
On the very slight chance that that is the case, I'd want to find
out the cause.

Garry



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