Hi, David!
No, I don't know how to use XCopy. The name is vaguely familiar from DOS
days, but I don't think I ever used it. The old DOS command I used was
Replace /a /u
I believe that's right. If not, I'd have to look it up. The a switch was
for adding files that were new to the folder. The u switch was for copying
over any files that had been updated since the time of the ones to be
copied over.
If you can give me some instructions for XCopy, I'd appreciate it. Perhaps
you could send me an example of one of your batch files.
What I do is copy files and folders from my documents, email folders and
attachments, Just Checking, and sometimes my favorites or start menu
options to an SD card. I then "sneaker net" them to my other computer to
be copied onto that one as well as an external hard drive. Not only can I
use them there, but I have extra backups.
Not that it doesn't work, but it's more time consuming and so on to copy
everything over everything, even when choosing folders that have new or
updated files in them. If I add 3 files to my address book, for instance,
I don't need to copy all 600 entries. Unless, however, I want to sort the
folder by modified date and then choose some files at the bottom of the
list, copy them, and then resort the address book, copying them all is what
I have to do. I'd like the computer to simply skip over any files already
in existance that have not been modified.
If you know how this could be done, I'd appreciate any suggestions. It
doesn't have to be a WE app. It could be a set of simple batch files. It
should be easy enough to create them and have them run with Start Menu
shortcuts.
Thanks!
Marilyn
At 10:49 PM 4/27/2012, you wrote:
hmmm, maybe your dreams are not too far away?
Are you aware of the XCopy feature of your Windows? It has a built-in
feature to copy only the needed files. And, it can be set to do so quietly
- meaning, there will be no questioning if you want it yes or no).
I have been using it for backup of my personal documents and other stuf
here for several years.
It is fully possible to run it directly from the Run-dialog in Windows
itself, or to build a batch file that will call it up for you. But that
takes for you, to remember a few switches every time.
A couple of years ago, I wrote a small script (app), that will let you set
up XCopy for multiple copy sessions, either at once, or one at a time. I,
for instance, have set up one that will copy all my budgets, all my music,
and all my WE-settings, all in one simple run. Thing is, I wrote this
script outside WE, meaning that you don't natively have a hotkey for it,
and it won't show up in your App Manager. On the other hand, you can run
it even on systems that has no screen reader installed, or, I have even
run it with NVDA. If it is of general interest, I might give it some more
work, and I could turn it into a WE app. At the moment when I wrote it, I
simply did not have enough knowledge of the app developing environment in
WE, and I wanted it to be possible to run outside WE as well, why I made
it the way I did.
If I understand your query correct here, it might just be quite close to
your wantings.
----- Original Message ----- From: "M and L Dorn"
<[email protected]>
To: "Post to GW-Info List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 2:29 AM
Subject: Dream App, No to all
How about creating an app that adds the "No to all" option to dialog
boxes for things like replacing or overwriting a file or folder? There's
a "Yes to all" option, but no "No to all."
In the DOS days I had batch files written that would replace the files in
a folder that were new or modified since the one being replaced. Last
time I checked into it, this option wasn't even available in the run
dialog box. All I want to do is update a backup copy of some folders
with whatever has been changed since I last copied them to the backup
location or add those new files to that folder. It used to be simple to
do this. Now you either have to do each one as it comes up, which is
tedious at best, or just copy all the files whether you need to or not.
TTFN,
Marilyn
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