Subj : Re: XCOPY or COPY
To   : aria1946
From : Jasen Betts
Date : Wed Feb 27 2002 06:17 am

From: Jasen.Betts@p42.f531.n640.z3.cereal.mv.com (Jasen Betts)
Subject: Re: XCOPY or COPY

Hi aria1946.

25-Feb-02 13:27:22, aria1946 wrote to Jasen.Betts@xspamp42.f531.n640.z3.f

 a> >11-Feb-02 06:40:50, aria1946 wrote to All

 a>> Is there any particular advantage to using COPY or XCOPY?

 a> >it depends which has the features you want... >have you considered
 a> using replace?

 a> [564K] c:\windows >ver

 a> 4DOS 7.01A   (Win98) DOS 7.10

 a> [564K] c:\windows >replace Unknown command "replace"

possibly in the "oldmsdos" section of your install disk ?

 a> >how do you want to deal with files that are on H but not on E ?

 a> I want 'em gone. I'd like to keep H: as a mirror of E:, more or
 a> less.

that makes things more interesting....

comething like this maybe (untested)

  :: first delete the excess files on H
  cdd h:\
  global (
    cd e%@instr[1,,%@path[%_cwds]]
    for /a:-d %x in (*.*) do if not exist e:%x del /eyz h:*x)
  :: then copy the contents of E
  copy /shkr /a: E:\ H:\

  you may also want options on the copy like /U to save re-copying files
  that haven't changed (according to the modification timestamp)

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