"synchronising computers.
Dr. Dos
Is there a Windows routine or some application
that will compare specified sub-directories
(folders) and update from one to the other (one
way or two way as desired) changed files? Thanks
John John - MVP
Robocopy or SyncToy, both by Microsoft.
John
Pegasus [MVP]
"Dr. Dos" <Dr...@nospam.no> said this in news item
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robocopy.exe
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9D467A69-57FF-4AE7-96EE-B18C4790CFFD&displaylang=en)
Dr. Dos
I selected SyncToy 2.1
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c26efa36-98e0-4ee9-a7c5-98d0592d8c52&displaylang=en
>and it works exactly as I had sought.
(PeteCresswell)
>Thanks to both of you.
>I selected SyncToy 2.1
>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c26efa36-98e0-4ee9-a7c5-98d0592d8c52&displaylang=en
>
> >and it works exactly as I had sought.
I've got a backup Windows Home Server box and have been using a
file copy backup utility (SecondCopy) to synch the backup box
with the "production" box.
This thread has me thinking I should try SyncToy.
Can it be config'd so that box "B" is made the same as box "A",
but "A" is not touched? i.e. If there are new, changed, or
deleted files on "A", only "B" gets updated.
Also, I'm assuming that there is an exclusion list. For instance
one would not want the Windows system directory touched - only
"Data" directories.
--
PeteCresswell
Dr. Dos
It should not hurt to install it and play with
it, at least as far as trying to set it up. It
has a "preview" function that should prevent
"accidents."
Bernd
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> Per Dr. Dos:
>> Thanks to both of you.
>> I selected SyncToy 2.1
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c26efa36-98e0-4ee9-a7c5-98d0592d8c52&displaylang=en
>>
>>> and it works exactly as I had sought.
>
> I've got a backup Windows Home Server box and have been using a
> file copy backup utility (SecondCopy) to synch the backup box
> with the "production" box.
>
> This thread has me thinking I should try SyncToy.
>
> Can it be config'd so that box "B" is made the same as box "A",
> but "A" is not touched? i.e. If there are new, changed, or
> deleted files on "A", only "B" gets updated.
Yes, it's called Echo Mode in SyncToy.
>
> Also, I'm assuming that there is an exclusion list. For instance
> one would not want the Windows system directory touched - only
> "Data" directories.
YOU define the directories to be synchronised (but system or hiddden
files can be excluded too)
Look into the Help file of SyncToy.
Bernd
Gary Richtmeyer
Although it's not free, you might want to check out "Beyond Compare".
I've been using it for years and it does exactly what you want to do.
See http://www.scootersoftware.com/
Gary Richtmeyer
Anthony Buckland
"Dr. Dos" <Dr...@nospam.no> wrote in message
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Not too difficult if you want to copy only changed
or added files. But do you also want to delete on
the second computer any files which no longer
exist on the first? That makes it more complicated.
Bob CP
robocopy (in the Windows Server toolkit)
xxcopy (will do just about anything...)
Anthony Buckland
"Bob CP" <ctcb...@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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As I ponder this a little bit more, it seems that a really
simple method, if you want the folder on the second
machine to exactly match the same folder on the first
machine, is to destroy the folder on the second machine
and then make a fresh copy of the thing from the first
machine. Only downside I can see is time, if it's a
sizable folder with relatively few changes.