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Number   :  5227
Date     :  2003-08-07
Author   :  Garry Deane
Subject  :  Re: new user question
Size(KB) :  1


--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, niteowl  wrote:
> Is there anyway to look at the help file in a normal text
> editor, or is everything about this program going to be in
> a dos window?

Yes and sometimes. Open a dos window (or from Start->Run) and type

xxcopy /helpa/yy > xxcopyhlp.txt
xxcopy /helpe/yy >> xxcopyhlp.txt

This will write the condensed help that you would normally see
on the screen to xxcopyhlp.txt. You can view this in notepad or
similar.

Don't abandon the DOS window altogether though because it's the
best way to get focussed help using /? and particularly when
you want to quickly see the effect of a particular switch or
multiple switches in combination e.g.

xxcopy /bu/da/? | more

It's also a good idea to download 
http://www.xxcopy.com/download/xxtb2846.zip
which has the full html documentation, FAQs and more which you
can view in your browser.

> here's the log file produced on my system. According to this
> then ALL files were copied, correct?

Yep perfect. 100% copy, no errors. The final line (exit code=0)
indicates no errors. If you run the commands again, you will
probably see exit code=100 which is also good. Anything else
and you'll usually see the problem files listed in the log or
the error explained on the last last.

Garry



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