Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!utstat!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!henry.jpl.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jato!mars!baalke From: baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: (no subject given) Message-ID: <2005@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> Date: 25 Oct 89 18:55:10 GMT References: Sender: news@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov Reply-To: baalke@mars.UUCP (Ron Baalke) Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA. Lines: 28 In article JGROVER@MAINE writes: >I'm looking for a program that will let me copy files from a hard disk >to multiple floppies. I want to use a filespec (like *.c) and instead of >that annoying message when the disk fills, a prompt for another disk. >I know this exists. Anybody know the name? > You don't need another program. The XCOPY command will do it for you. For example if you want to copy all of the files on your hard disk C: to floppies, type: XCOPY C: A: /S/M The /S option means copy all subdirectories and /M will set the archive bit on each file that is copied over. What will happen is that each file will be copied from the hard disk to the floppy. When the floppy fills up, you will get a "Insufficient disk space" error message. At this point just insert the new floppy and execute the same XCOPY command with the same options. Since the archive bit is set on the previously copied files, XCOPY will continue where it left off before. To clear the archive bits on the file, use the ATTRIB command. Ron Baalke | (818) 541-2341 x260 Jet Propulsion Lab M/S 301-355 | baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov 4800 Oak Grove Dr. | Pasadena, CA 91109 |