Re: Backing up

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From: Thorsten Matzner (tmatzner_at_gmx.net)
Date: 10/08/04 

Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 20:36:22 +0200

Colin Bearfield <c.bearfield@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>Thanks for that. I presume that it is something like the old xcopy.
>I'm a bit rusty on batch files, but I remember the switches. I should
>use /D:mm/dd/yy. I also remember that there should be /S to copy the
>subdirectory if it doesn't already exist.
>
>I think the general source would be G:\digifotos\ *.jpg /D:09/23/04 /S
>j:\digifotos
>
>Is that likely to work? Maybe I should contact the web site first.
>Fancy having to write batch files with all this software around.

Get the XXCOPY TECHNICAL BULLETIN #26 from the website for detailled
instructions on all parameters. As far as I can see, the suggested
command-line should work for you, but because DIGIFOTOS is a long
folder name, you have to enlclose it in quotes:
XXCOPY "G:\digifotos\*.jpg" /D:09/23/04 /S "j:\digifotos" 

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