Save to two drives

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At work I use a networked PC and like to keep a copy of my work on a USB
Stick. This requires me to remember to save any changes to 2 locations. Is
there any way to set it up to safe to the server and to my USB stick?
 
John said:
At work I use a networked PC and like to keep a copy of my work on a USB
Stick. This requires me to remember to save any changes to 2 locations. Is
there any way to set it up to safe to the server and to my USB stick?
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Yes, a batch file could do this easily.
 
Start here: http://commandwindows.com/batch.htm
I'm not too sure you can do it even by batch, but if it can be done,
they folks over at
alt.msdos.batch.nt will know how to get it done.

I'm not aware of any such application, but it's worth spending time at
Google for.
 
John said:
At work I use a networked PC and like to keep a copy of my work on a USB
Stick. This requires me to remember to save any changes to 2 locations. Is
there any way to set it up to safe to the server and to my USB stick?
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It would depend on your applications. You may be able to use a
script or macro from within the applications to do the double save.
If not, you could save your work to your hard drive, and run a
batch file to copy to the two locations.
 
Twayne said:
I'm not too sure you can do it even by batch, but if it can be done, they
folks over at
alt.msdos.batch.nt will know how to get it done.
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Doing this sort of thing with a batch file is so easy and so basic that it's
hardly worth mentioning. Child's play!
 
Twayne said:
Doing this sort of thing with a batch file is so easy and so basic
that it's hardly worth mentioning. Child's play!
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Oh? What's the code/pseudocode? How? I apologize if I missed that
response from you but I don't see it.
How do you use a batch to save to two locations from within an
application as the OP is asking?
I can envision using a batch to open the app, then when it closes do
a copy to another location, but I can't code it. Is that what you mean?
For me, the problem is to catch the app closing & knowing which file to
copy. Or is there a better way?


Twayne
 
Twayne said:
Oh? What's the code/pseudocode? How? I apologize if I missed that
response from you but I don't see it.
How do you use a batch to save to two locations from within an application
as the OP is asking?
I can envision using a batch to open the app, then when it closes do a
copy to another location, but I can't code it. Is that what you mean? For
me, the problem is to catch the app closing & knowing which file to copy.
Or is there a better way?


Twayne
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The OP did not say "save from within an application". He only said "This
requires me to remember to save any changes to 2 locations". This is
somewhat ambiguous - it could mean mean from within or from the outside of
the application. If it is from within the application then he could use a
shortcut to a batch file after he's closed the application.

So far the OP has been somewhat silent on the question. Maybe he will speak
up and specify more precisely what he's after.
 
Pegasus (MVP) said:
The OP did not say "save from within an application". He only said
"This requires me to remember to save any changes to 2 locations".
This is somewhat ambiguous - it could mean mean from within or from
the outside of the application. If it is from within the application
then he could use a shortcut to a batch file after he's closed the
application.

So far the OP has been somewhat silent on the question. Maybe he will
speak up and specify more precisely what he's after.
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Agreed; guess we just interpreted differently. The guys over at
....batch.nt said it's not very likely with a batch to open/close, but
mentioned that TsTools and PSTools might be able to make it work. I'd
forgotten about PsTools.

But whether the OP comes back or not, it's something I could use
myself<g>. Right now I run a batch with XXCopy for my quickie backups
with timestamps of important files i work on, but if there were a way to
save to multiple locations with a batch, it'd be a simple change to the
shortcuts. IF it worked efficiently, that is. XXCopy is pretty fast
for most tasks but I'd like the automation. It's eliminating the
"remember to" that I'm interested in.

Twayne
 
Twayne said:
Agreed; guess we just interpreted differently. The guys over at
...batch.nt said it's not very likely with a batch to open/close, but
mentioned that TsTools and PSTools might be able to make it work. I'd
forgotten about PsTools.

But whether the OP comes back or not, it's something I could use
myself<g>. Right now I run a batch with XXCopy for my quickie backups
with timestamps of important files i work on, but if there were a way to
save to multiple locations with a batch, it'd be a simple change to the
shortcuts. IF it worked efficiently, that is. XXCopy is pretty fast for
most tasks but I'd like the automation. It's eliminating the "remember
to" that I'm interested in.

Twayne
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I haven't used the facility but perhaps the "Synchronise" / "Off-line Files"
tool will help you. Alternatively you could automatically invoke a batch
file at shut-down time to perform this operation for you.
 
..vbs for you ...


Move the folder/contents to another partition. Create a shortcut to it and
place it on your desktop. Anything added will go to the new destination.
It is merely a shortcut to the folder.

An added measure: Copy the four lines below into notepad and save as
backup.vbs. Change NameofFolder to the correct name and create two backup
folders according to the example below. In the done = change NameofFolder
as well.

Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

fso.CopyFolder "C:\NameofFolder\*.*", "C:\NameofFolder_backup"
fso.CopyFolder "C:\NameofFolder\*.*", "E:\NameofFolder_backup"

done = MsgBox("Done", vbOKonly, "Backup NameofFolder")

Third party solution: http://www.centered.com/

Second Copy® 2000 is the perfect backup product designed for Windows
9x/Me/NT4/2000/XP you have been looking for. It makes a backup of your data
files to another directory, disk or computer across the network.

It then monitors the source files and keeps the backup updated with new or
changed files. It runs in the background with no user interaction. So, once
it is setup you always have a backup of your data some where else.


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.vbs for you ...
Move the folder/contents to another partition. Create a shortcut to
it and place it on your desktop. Anything added will go to the new
destination. It is merely a shortcut to the folder.

An added measure: Copy the four lines below into notepad and save as
backup.vbs. Change NameofFolder to the correct name and create two
backup folders according to the example below. In the done = change
NameofFolder as well.

Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

fso.CopyFolder "C:\NameofFolder\*.*", "C:\NameofFolder_backup"
fso.CopyFolder "C:\NameofFolder\*.*", "E:\NameofFolder_backup"

done = MsgBox("Done", vbOKonly, "Backup NameofFolder")

Third party solution: http://www.centered.com/

Second Copy® 2000 is the perfect backup product designed for Windows
9x/Me/NT4/2000/XP you have been looking for. It makes a backup of
your data files to another directory, disk or computer across the
network.
It then monitors the source files and keeps the backup updated with
new or changed files. It runs in the background with no user
interaction. So, once it is setup you always have a backup of your
data some where else.
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Thanks, that sounds on the surface like a great product, but my 5 minute
checkup I do before visiting any sites didn't turn out too well. No
brick & mortan address, no phone number/the phone numbers they do give
don't trace to them, no contacts, no abuse @ or info @ , is really
hostway.com, which is listed on quite a few blocklists, and apparently
spam problems from several neighbors minimum, possibly them too.
They're trying to operate under the radar, IMO. They might be great;
just not my cup of tea.

Thanks for your time though,
 
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