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Number   :  7133
Date     :  2004-02-02
Author   :  Ray McCormick
Subject  :  Re: Keep previous version
Size(KB) :  1


--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "ray_mccormick" 
 wrote:
> I have developed a backup scheme that will keep the old version of 
a 
> file in a dated folder (The date that the file would be 
overwritten). 
> This is useful for 'live' files such as accounts.xls where. if the 
> file got garbled, it is undesirable to finish up with two copies of 
> the same garbled file! 
> 
> The bare bones of my current scheme:
> 
> 1. Parse today's date (Adapted from Garry, message 4409) 
> 2. Menu
> 3. SET variables SRC, 
> DST, (The normal backup to folder: Volume\path\)
> DST2, (The dated folder for the previous version: 
> Volume\%yy%%mm%%dd%\path\)
> ErrorLog 
> 4. Do it:
> xxcopy %DST% /AZ/S/H/R/oA%ErrorLog% // clear all the A-
> bits first
> xxcopy %DST% %SRC% /AA/S/H/R/Bo/oA%ErrorLog% // tag the A-bit for 
> newer on SRC ones; 
> xxcopy %DST% %DST2% /RC/A/S/H/R/YY/oA%ErrorLog% // Remove after 
copy 
> xxcopy %SRC% %DST% /BU/BN/oE2/oX2/oA%ErrorLog% // do the normal 
backup
> 
> I would much prefer to rename the old version of a file with its 
last 
> accessed date prepended to the file name and save it in the same 
> folder as the current backup (DST). Alternatively the date it would 
> have been overwritten could be substited for the last accessed date.
> 
> Is this possible with xxcopy, or xxcopy and other cmd line 
statements?
> 
> Ray

Sorry!
OS is W2k
HD formatting is Fat32
Xxcopy is 2.85.1

Ray



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