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Bill Martin
Apparently SP2 changes the behavior of XCOPY for some reason. I have a bunch
of batch files written to back up selected stuff across the network which
suddenly fail (sort of) now that I've installed SP2.
Specifically, I have commands of the form:
XCOPY c:\FileName \\AnotherMachine\Directory /d
These commands copy the files which have been updated from one subdirectory
across the network to another backup machine. Or in some cases they copy
files from one directory to another on the same machine.
After installing SP2 the commands still work properly, but they stop now
before every copy and ask if I really want to copy a new version over top of
the old one of the same name.
Yes, I can go through and edit every line of every backup batch file to add
"/y" to the end of it, but it's not clear why I should have to.
Has installing SP2 changed some default in my system which I could change
back? Or has SP2 truly changed the character of the XCOPY command? I would
have thought XCOPY was buried too deeply in the OS to be something SP2 would
have tweaked.
Thanks...
Bill -- (Remove KILLSPAM from my address to use it)
of batch files written to back up selected stuff across the network which
suddenly fail (sort of) now that I've installed SP2.
Specifically, I have commands of the form:
XCOPY c:\FileName \\AnotherMachine\Directory /d
These commands copy the files which have been updated from one subdirectory
across the network to another backup machine. Or in some cases they copy
files from one directory to another on the same machine.
After installing SP2 the commands still work properly, but they stop now
before every copy and ask if I really want to copy a new version over top of
the old one of the same name.
Yes, I can go through and edit every line of every backup batch file to add
"/y" to the end of it, but it's not clear why I should have to.
Has installing SP2 changed some default in my system which I could change
back? Or has SP2 truly changed the character of the XCOPY command? I would
have thought XCOPY was buried too deeply in the OS to be something SP2 would
have tweaked.
Thanks...
Bill -- (Remove KILLSPAM from my address to use it)