AndiThompson

PC2???

Blooming heck Andy, think up some decent names mate , my PCs are:

Catlunya (lappy), Terzo (my PC), STi (dad's office), WRX (dad's workshop)!!

[Edited by AndiThompson - 12/8/2001 5:47:31 PM]

Avi

Christian - Not too hot on that sort of stuff, know anywhere I can find out?? infact, i've never heard of it

Andi - They aren't actually called that, just thought i'd make it simple.

They are called Cartman & Kenny

Andy

[Edited by Avi - 12/8/2001 6:41:09 PM]

Avi

I have two PC's

PC1 & PC2.

I have a folder on PC1 called c:\data that everything is stored on.

I have a folder on PC2 called c:\backup. (shared as backup)

I want to be able to have a simple program (batch file) that i can launch on PC1 which will

1) ask me if PC2 is turned on?

if yes

2) Copy all the contents of c:\data to \\pc2\backup.


Can anyone give me any pointers or tell me where i could look to work out how to do this?


Andy

ChristianR

iTrader: (1)

use the choice command.

AndiThompson

Pfht, how old are you?!!?

Avi

I have managed to get some files accross by using :

xcopy \\PC1\data\ \\PC2\databackup\

How can I make this command also copy all the Sub Folders??

Andy

stevem2k

'help xcopy'
results in....
/E Copies directories and subdirectories, including empty ones.

SteveM

man pages (or equivalents) are your friends.......

Silent Monkey

Basic batch file - expand as necessary

@echo off
cls
choice /T:N,5 Is PC2 on?
if errorlevel 2 goto end
xcopy \\pc1\data\ \\pc2\databackup /e
:end

This will wait 5 seconds for you to answer the question then default to NO and not do the copy.

Avi

Cheers