Re: [OT] XP file copy utility?

[Sean <thunderchilduk@xxxxxxxxx>]

xxcopy does all of that but it is command line based

Sean

On 8/29/06, Paul Gale <groups@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Thanks - I've now found a util called Synchromat which seems quite
good -
> working away as I type...
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> Paul.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> > Kim Wall
> > Sent: 29 August 2006 17:56
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] XP file copy utility?
> >
> > Paul Gale wrote:
> > > I'm looking for a third party file copy utility for XP that
will only
> > > replaces files that don't exist or are newer/bigger
filesizes. XP's
> > > inbuilt copy util is rubbish!
> >
> > > Any recommendations?
> >
> > I believe rsync will run on windows under cygwin.  Google finds:
> >
> > http://optics.ph.unimelb.edu.au/help/rsync/rsync_pc1.html
> >
> > which looks promising.
> >
> > rsync's a bit of a Swiss-army-knife for this sort of thing, and
well
> > worth getting your head round the various parameters - most
notably, it
> > can do 'local' copies as well as using the rsync protocol over
the
> > network (I assume you've got the old machine mounted using the
usual
> > windows filesharing, so no need to complicate things).
> >
> > I use it extensively for backups; nightly to a dedicated disk in
the
> > server, and monthly to a USB2 removable drive.  Much faster than
doing a
> > straight copy.
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> > Kim.
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> > Yahoo! Groups Links
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