Subj : Re: XCOPY or COPY
To   : Steve
From : CBFalconer
Date : Tue Feb 26 2002 03:40 pm

From: CBFalconer@f3.n342.z1.cereal.mv.com (CBFalconer)
Subject: Re: XCOPY or COPY

From: CBFalconer <cbfalconer@yahoo.com>

"E. S. (Steve) Fabian" wrote:
>
> aria1946@hotmail.com.spoo wrote:
> >
> > Since from day one I've used H: only as a repository for my E: drive,
> > I didn't really care what method I used to create the backup, as long
> > as it worked.
>
> Presuming that the deletion rate is much less than the retention rate, a
> simple 4DOS batch program could be used to prune the unwanted files from
> H: (along with directories which became empy), after which the "copy /u
> /s" command could be used:
>
.... snip ...
>
> It might also be useful to have some form of validation, e.g., a
> comparion of CRCs.

Look into the use of ARJ, from http://www.arjsoftware.com/

It will provide for updates, validation, compression, etc.  With a couple of
aliases you can have instant backup and restore, plus versioning.  It is free
for personal use.

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