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Number   :  9150
Date     :  2004-11-05
Author   :  John Zeman
Subject  :  Re: Reset Bit on something excluded
Size(KB) :  1



--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "wjaiv"  wrote:
> 
> I am using the /M switch to grab files for Incremental Backup, then 
> the (A)rchive bit gets turned off.
> 
> The problem is that some files are Excluded, and every time my job 
> runs it keeps hitting those same files with the (A)rchive bit set, 
> then doesn't actually copy them due to the Exclusion, but the bit 
> gets left on.
> 
> Is there any way to clear the bit on those files excluded? It 
seems 
> that the /AZ bit will disable the actual copy of those files that I 
> want.
> 
> Thanks.


If I understand you correctly, you wish to clear all the source "A" 
attributes after you do your xxcopy operation, including the A bit of 
files you didn't want to copy. If so, just add a second xxcopy 
command line to your batch file (or if from the command line, just 
type a second one). Below is an example batch file:

:: First the normal copy you do
xxcopy \SRC\ \DST\ /m /x:"file to exclude"


:: Next clear A bits of all source files.
xxcopy \SRC\ \DST\ /bu /az


If that does not do what you want, you might consider using /BI or 
the more universal /BU which ignores the A bit and selects files by 
comparing the size and time stamps of the source files, to those on 
the destination.

One advantage of doing that is by not depending on the A bit to 
determine which files to copy, you can then use the A bit for other 
specialized xxcopy tasks (if you some day have a special file 
management project to tackle).


John



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