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.bat Automatically Overwrite ??

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Name: Scizzy
Date: May 4, 2005 at 14:57:45 Pacific
OS: Windows XP Home w/ SP2
CPU/Ram: Sempron 2800+ // 512 DDR
Comment:

Hi guys,

I have a server and my laptop, and my server has all my important files. I recently wrote a small .bat file to copy the contents of a specific folder from my laptop to my (mapped) server harddrive for backup every night.

This is the jist of what it looks like... very simple.

Xcopy /s "C:\foldername\foldername" "z:\foldername"

thats it...

What I want to know is, every night when it copies... It asks on the first file, overwrite (yes,no,all)?

Is there any way that I can make the .bat automatically select no, yes, or all...

I just want it to copy the new files that I save into this folder, and It stops and asks me, and I want this to be an automatic bat file. I want it to do it with me unattended.

Can anybody help me out?

Thanks a lot,
Scizzy



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Response Number 1
Name: wizard-fred
Date: May 4, 2005 at 16:35:04 Pacific
Reply:

/Y will automatically copy the files
/U will update the files

Check XCOPY help for other options you may want to use.


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Response Number 2
Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: May 4, 2005 at 21:37:40 Pacific
Reply:

I use these in my backup:

/s/r/y/d/c

s subdirs
r read-only
y yes
d newer only
c continue if error


M2


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