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Mangler

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Since: Dec 4, 2008
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:35 am
Post subject: Copy file problem
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I have the DB backed up everynight automatically and am trying to
create a .bat file to automatically copy the directory of the back ups
to a folder on my PC. I am running a test and everything works with
one weird flaw, here is what I have so far:

COPY /y C:\test.txt Y:\serverBakUp

It puts the file on my PC but does not retain the original file name.
After I run that script the test.txt file gets copied to my PC but it
is name serverBakUp ( the name of the directory it goes to ) with no
file extention. What am I missing here?

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Mangler

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 9:37 am
Post subject: Re: Copy file problem
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robocopy is freaking awsome! Thanks for that one.

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Mangler

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 10:07 am
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One question on robocopy. I have it set to monitor a directory and it
is working great, however if I restart the machine will that directory
still be monitored or do I have to re-run the script each time that
happens?
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Big_Al

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 11:40 am
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Mangler wrote:
> I have the DB backed up everynight automatically and am trying to
> create a .bat file to automatically copy the directory of the back ups
> to a folder on my PC. I am running a test and everything works with
> one weird flaw, here is what I have so far:
>
> COPY /y C:\test.txt Y:\serverBakUp
>
> It puts the file on my PC but does not retain the original file name.
> After I run that script the test.txt file gets copied to my PC but it
> is name serverBakUp ( the name of the directory it goes to ) with no
> file extention. What am I missing here?

COPY /y C:\test.txt Y:\serverBakUp\test.txt

or

COPY /y C:\test.txt Y:\serverBakUp\

Also take a look at robocopy. It has a /MIR command that mirrors a
folder and subfolder structure and files with one simple command. Great
for backups. It takes into consideration files deleted too. It also
skips files that are not touched.
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Mangler

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 1:19 pm
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OK I think I am on the last step here. Do you know off the top of
your head how I can get a .bat file to run without actually showing
the dos window?
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Big_Al

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:36 pm
Post subject: Re: Copy file problem
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Mangler wrote:
> One question on robocopy. I have it set to monitor a directory and it
> is working great, however if I restart the machine will that directory
> still be monitored or do I have to re-run the script each time that
> happens?

I've never used the monitor. But I think you have to have robocopy
running, so yes, you'll have to run the batch.
CTRL-ALT-DEL will tell you if its running better probably.
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 5:37 pm
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Mangler wrote:
> OK I think I am on the last step here. Do you know off the top of
> your head how I can get a .bat file to run without actually showing
> the dos window?
You might be able to make a shortcut to it, I know shortcuts have the
ability to specify run minimized.
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Mangler

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(Msg. 8) Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 9:06 am
Post subject: Re: Copy file problem
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> You might be able to make a shortcut to it, I know shortcuts have the
> ability to specify run minimized.

Figured it out! I have seen a lot of similar questions on how to run
the .bat file with the robocopy command without showing the "DOS"
window. I will post the solution in case someone else runs into this.


You need to create a vbs file to run the .bat program and add a "0"
param at the end of the vbs statment like so:

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Return = WshShell.Run("cmd.exe /K ""FILE_NAME.cmd""", 0, true)

That runs the command without showing the window.
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M.I.5

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(Msg. 9) Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:00 am
Post subject: Re: Copy file problem
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"Mangler" wrote in message

>I have the DB backed up everynight automatically and am trying to
> create a .bat file to automatically copy the directory of the back ups
> to a folder on my PC. I am running a test and everything works with
> one weird flaw, here is what I have so far:
>
> COPY /y C:\test.txt Y:\serverBakUp
>
> It puts the file on my PC but does not retain the original file name.
> After I run that script the test.txt file gets copied to my PC but it
> is name serverBakUp ( the name of the directory it goes to ) with no
> file extention. What am I missing here?

Try:

COPY /y C:\test.txt Y:\serverBakUp\

(the trailing '\' identifies serverBakUp as a folder whereas if it is
missing it becomes a file name.
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