FTP-type film transfer program?

[scooterspal]

Can anyone recommend a program for moving a folder of large files from
one drive (C drive) to an NAS drive on a small office network that works
much like an FTP client.

What I need is a program or utility that allows you to:

1) load in many files at once (100 megs worth or so)
2) allows you to pause the file transfer at any time and pick up where
you left off

The same things an FTP client does when you upload files to a server
off site.

Thanks!

 

[Philip Herlihy]

Can anyone recommend a program for moving a folder of large files from
one drive (C drive) to an NAS drive on a small office network that works
much like an FTP client.

What I need is a program or utility that allows you to:

1) load in many files at once (100 megs worth or so)
2) allows you to pause the file transfer at any time and pick up where
you left off

The same things an FTP client does when you upload files to a server
off site.

Thanks!

Robocopy is what you need, by the sound of it. Available (free) as part
of the server 2003 resource kit. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy

I've also used it with webdrive (www.webdrive.com) which "mounts" an FTP
server as a drive on your PC, effectively network-enabling any
file-enabled utility.

Phil, London

 

[scooterspal]

Robocopy is what you need, by the sound of it. Available (free) as part
of the server 2003 resource kit.

It looks like this will not run on my W2KPro system... it that
understanding of it?

If so, any other suggestions?

George

 

[scooterspal]

I did find the earlier version of Robocopy and there was even a GUI
program to use with this command line utility.

However, I have had no luck with it. It requires setting switches
or all sorts to make it work and this is a bit beyond my knowledge
level. If I get it wrong it may delete the source files and that will
not be good.

Any ideas for a simple windows-based type program that will do the
trick... allow me to transfer a batch of files, pause them if I have to
and pick up where I left off?

Thanks for any help.

 

[Richard G. Harper]

The only time that ROBOCOPY will delete the source files is if you
specifically use the MIRROR command - otherwise the originals are always
left intact.

I use it all the time, once you learn a small handful of switches and
commands it is very easy to use.

 

[Philip Herlihy]

It looks like this will not run on my W2KPro system... it that
understanding of it?

If so, any other suggestions?

George

Definitely runs on Win2K, and well worth grappling with.

One good way of learning Robocopy is to use a "job" file. You can
create one from the command line:

robocopy "C:/foo" "C:/bar" /E /L /LOG:mylog.log /SAVE:myjob /QUIT

That will create a file in the current folder called myjob.RCJ. You can
then re-run the job with this line:

robocopy /JOB:myjob

.... and the file, which is editable in notepad, gives you a good start
in understanding the options. Note particularly my use of the /L option
- that instructs Robocopy to List what it would do, instead of doing it,
and /LOG which creates a log file of everything done. You might like to
add the /TEE option, which copies log file output to the console.

If you're not used to fooling around with a command prompt, note that
when you start one, you normally get one based on the directory above
your desktop, so if you type:

cd desktop

.... before you start, then you'll see log files and job files appear in
front of you.

Once you have the hang of those commands (test on a couple of small
folders first) you can easily extend it to much more complex scenarios,
until eventually you comment out the /L option and watch with
satisfaction as Robocopy works out what needs copying and gets on with it.

Well worth persisting, and people here will assist in figuring out what
options you might want to use - you could post a job file if you like.

Phil

 

[scooterspal]

I'm using a trial version of a program called Viceversa Plus, now. It
seems to do pretty much what I was looking for. It can synchronise the
two folders, which is a big help. You can pause the transfer, which I
need to do and you can even set when it runs.

This may be ideal for my application.