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Old December 2nd, 2004, 04:17 AM
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XP Batch File
Introduction
My pc is an Intel cpu running Windows XP pro. the LAN is ethernet 100Mbit/s with an Intel File server and Windows NT 2003. I intend to serve Access mdb data using HTML and ASP. As I have met problems connecting to F:\...\*.mdb I intend to use c:\ as web and database server. This should be faster as paging to F:\ is omitted. Initial attempts are promising.

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This is all very well and good but c:\ is not backed up whilst F:\ is. So I wrote a script to copy the files from c:\ to F:\ which worked, as you would expect. So I wrote the script in Notepad and saved it as c:\Batch\xcopy.bat. In short it doesn't work. Start -> Run -> c:\Batch\xcopy.bat opens C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe, DOS box pops up and cycles interminably through the first line even if it is commented out. No files are copied. I have not set XP up in any way - no unusual configuration.

Question
What am I to do, I just feel that there is something quite simple that I have overlooked?
Please help - if you can get me going on one batch file I should be able to add others in the same way and that will simplify life.
Many thanks
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xcopy c:\inetpub\wwwroot\cLIMS F:\dat1916\LIMS\c_wwwroot_copy /D /E /K /W /V 
xcopy c:\inetpub\wwwroot\Default.htm F:\dat1916\LIMS\c_wwwroot_copy /D /E /K /W /V 
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:: prepared 01/12/04 to copy the FK20 files 
:: and to copy some c:\inetpub files to F:\...\LIMS for backup.
:: At the moment the idea is to addnew on F:\ and to copy this to c: for Lookup. 
:: Longer term that may be reversed using c:\ for main storage.
:: To be extended in scope to run at fixed times, to produce a log file on F:\ etc. 
:: Problem History
:: Opens C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe. Cycles interminably through the first line even if it is commented out.
:: No files are copied. Note it works fine fromthe command line interface.
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Rename your batch file. Typing XCOPY at a prompt will call the native XCOPY program. Rename your batch file to MYXCOPY.BAT and try again
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If I've posted some code above, you might think it looks a bit simplistic. It might be. I'd rather people tried the next step themselves rather than getting a full solution on a plate. That way they learn more!
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In fact, if the batch file is called XCOPY, when it runs XCOPY within itself, it is probably calling itself over and over again
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Thumbs up Batch File Problem Resolved
Yes yes yes.
Reserved words and file names eh.
I'm much obliged Selwonk
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