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Re: Can we get a /MT (multithreaded) switch like in robocopy, please

Bonno Bloksma — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:37:59 GMT

Hi, Knowing RAR it gererates old style *.Rxx files and new style *.partXX(X).rar files. If you have that many files why not simply make a batch file with 10

Re: Can we get a /MT (multithreaded) switch like in robocopy, please

walterrehm — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:13:10 GMT

Yes, close, but not quite. The backup parts are *.r00 - *.r99 (or even *.r999, occasionally xyz001.rar - xyz999.rar also). That makes matching with patterns

Re: Can we get a /MT (multithreaded) switch like in robocopy, please

garrydeane — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:55:29 GMT

... Why not just: start xxcopy \src\ \dst\ /bu/in*.R00/in*.R01/in*.R02 start xxcopy \src\ \dst\ /bu/in*.R03/in*.R04/in*.R05 start xxcopy \src\ \dst\

Re: Can we get a /MT (multithreaded) switch like in robocopy, please

walterrehm — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:14:19 GMT

One more thought on this. Would it be possible for one instance of xxcopy to check whether another instance of xxcopy is already copying a desired file and if

Re: Syntax (if possible) to copy a single file to every folder in a

garrydeane — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:05:32 GMT

... You can't use xxcopy directly for this but you can do it using batch commands. @echo off setlocal set src=c:\file.txt set dst=d:\temp for /f "tokens=*" %%a

Syntax (if possible) to copy a single file to every folder in a tree

thebluejin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:37:55 GMT

I have a large directory tree and I'd like to copy a single file to every folder in it if possible. What would the syntax be for such an operation? Thanks.

Re: Can we get a /MT (multithreaded) switch like in robocopy, please

walterrehm — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:02:37 GMT

Hey, wow, thanks for your time and response! Your analysis of WebDrive (=commercial tool, or the excellent NetDrive which is free for non-commercial home use:

Re: Can we get a /MT (multithreaded) switch like in robocopy, please

Kan Yabumoto — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:23:50 GMT

walterrehm wrote: ... Please excuse my ignorance. Your post contained two new words that were not in my dictionary. Here is my characterization of the

Re: Can we get a /MT (multithreaded) switch like in robocopy, please

walterrehm — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:27:52 GMT

... Well, if it were so that a single thread does max out every connection I would not care to ask for it. In my situation I have several WebDav connections

Re: xxcopy & windows 7

Kan Yabumoto — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:46:11 GMT

... I guess the reason why the XXCOPY "window" will be popped open as a separate console window (and disappear immediately) is that the DOS Box you

Re: xxcopy & windows 7

doug.pcmedic — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:51:25 GMT

I tried running in a CMD box but the same thing happens. A second dos box with lots of writing flashes and disappears. Here is the 2-line command file, pasted

Re: Can we get a /MT (multithreaded) switch like in robocopy, please

Kan Yabumoto — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:30:59 GMT

... Currently, we have no plans to implement multi-threaded operations in XXCOPY. Frankly, we just do not see a real advantage of doing so. That's because

Re: check to see if folder exists, and not empty

Jacob Hughes — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:03:41 GMT

I got everything working as you suggested, Garry -- thank you! (this was for an automated FTP directory sweeper) Jacob ... From: xxcopy@yahoogroups.com

Re: check to see if folder exists, and not empty

Jacob Hughes — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:22:47 GMT

Thanks Garry! I would need to use the wildcard \src\*\complete\, And yes, I would need to account for the folder not being anywhere under \src\. So that would

Re: Setting the Overwrite Prompt to No

garrydeane — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:32:58 GMT

... Possibly what you want then is the /JV parameter. This will preserve the file about to be overwritten using a name such as myfile.0001.xls then copy the