Re: Backup a file on a workstation and then shut down

No, xcopy won't use shadow copy techniques. About your second
question: Why not open a Command Prompt and type xcopy /?
to see for yourself what the switches mean? Server administrators
often do this!


"Mr. JYC" <MrJYC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thank you Pegasus. Would the file copy use Volume Shadow Copy? I am
trying
to back up .pst files. If Outlook is open, the files can't be copied
because
the program is holding on to them. Also, can the xcopy command overwrite
the
file without prompting?

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Thank you for your help!
JYC


"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:


"Mr. JYC" <MrJYC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello,

What would be required to backup a file from a workstation to a server
then
to have the workstation shut down automatically upon backup?

I have tried task scheduler and along with Windows backup. I have also
tried SyncToy. Though they seem to work, it seems that there should be
some
type of scripting to achieve the shut down part.

Could someone help me with this?

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Thank you for your help!
JYC

Why use backup.exe? An ordinary "copy" command is easier
to use and makes file recovery a breeze. And a batch file would
be a much simpler solution than a script file.

@echo off
xcopy /d /y /c "\\SomePC\SomeShare\SomeFolder\*.mdb" d:\Data\
shutdown \\SomePC -s -f





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