Batch files

In article <lkdhk35e66koi21tb4hdd3cf53t1hph8ts.DeleteThis@4ax.com>,
Howard Brazee <howard.DeleteThis@brazee.net> wrote:

> Part 1.
>
> I have a batch file that I use to back up files from my Windows
> machine to my wife's Mac. I expected the following command to only
> copy files that are newer on the Windows machine:
>
> xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\brazee\My Documents\Home\*.*"
> "\\IMACPAT\PatBrazee\Howard\*.*" /Y/D/S
>
> But it copies everything. Why does my Windows machine think that its
> files are all newer than those on the Mac?

Beats me... Have you tried listing the files on the IMACPAT volume from
a Command Prompt window, to see if the dates are showing up correctly on
the Windows side?

> Part 2.
>
> When I get my Mac in the next 2 months, I will still want to
> synchronize documents from work - but I will also want to continue
> backing them up between my computer and my wife's computer - copying
> the newest version of her files and my files back and forth.
>
> My guess is that I'll use AppleScript, which I haven't yet learned.
> How will I do this?

It seems to me you should, instead, invest in a solid backup strategy
for all of your computers. Your current setup doesn't sound very good,
honestly.

--
Note: Please send all responses to the relevant news group. If you
must contact me through e-mail, let me know when you send email to
this address so that your email doesn't get eaten by my SPAM filter.

JR
 >> Stay informed about: Batch files 

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 03:54:09 -0600, Jolly Roger <jollyroger DeleteThis @pobox.com>
wrote:

>> My guess is that I'll use AppleScript, which I haven't yet learned.
>> How will I do this?
>
>It seems to me you should, instead, invest in a solid backup strategy
>for all of your computers. Your current setup doesn't sound very good,
>honestly.

My work computer is backed up - but I have documents I want to process
on various computers - with the most current version. My wife's
documents are also backed up on .mac. My documents, songs, & photos
are also on my work computer.

As soon as I pay for my Mac Pro (My wife will pay for most of it for
Christmas, but I might wait until MacWorld), I will get a firewire
drive for Time Machine. My wife doesn't yet have 10.5. We may
switch to family .mac. But Time Machine, while being tremendously
convenient, isn't safer than having the data on 4 machines, of which 3
of them are in the same house.

My post wasn't so much about safety, but convenience.
 >> Stay informed about: Batch files 

In article <s69jk3p7770m21gqmh7fkdc16j1hqg9kav.DeleteThis@4ax.com>,
Howard Brazee <howard.DeleteThis@brazee.net> wrote:

> On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 03:54:09 -0600, Jolly Roger <jollyroger.DeleteThis@pobox.com>
> wrote:
>
> >> My guess is that I'll use AppleScript, which I haven't yet learned.
> >> How will I do this?
> >
> >It seems to me you should, instead, invest in a solid backup strategy
> >for all of your computers. Your current setup doesn't sound very good,
> >honestly.
>
> My work computer is backed up - but I have documents I want to process
> on various computers - with the most current version. My wife's
> documents are also backed up on .mac. My documents, songs, & photos
> are also on my work computer.
>
> As soon as I pay for my Mac Pro (My wife will pay for most of it for
> Christmas, but I might wait until MacWorld), I will get a firewire
> drive for Time Machine. My wife doesn't yet have 10.5. We may
> switch to family .mac. But Time Machine, while being tremendously
> convenient, isn't safer than having the data on 4 machines, of which 3
> of them are in the same house.
>
> My post wasn't so much about safety, but convenience.

Ok. The other comment I have is if you are going to use command-line
tools like rsync to synchronize files on a regular basis, you really
don't need AppleScript. You easily can add commands to your cron table
to run rsync at specified times.

--
Note: Please send all responses to the relevant news group. If you
must contact me through e-mail, let me know when you send email to
this address so that your email doesn't get eaten by my SPAM filter.

JR
 >> Stay informed about: Batch files 

Howard Brazee <howard.DeleteThis@brazee.net> wrote:

> My post wasn't so much about safety, but convenience.

If it's the convenience factor you're primarily concerned with, perhaps
you should be thinking along the lines of file sharing instead.

--
<http://designsbymike.info/shop/mac.cgi> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts
<http://designsbymike.info/shop/musings.cgi> Muckraking T-shirts
<http://designsbymike.info/shop/prius.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers
<http://designsbymike.info/shop/dance.cgi> Ballroom dance shirts & gifts
 >> Stay informed about: Batch files 

In article <1i84vsv.10pjuiqv6qms0N%mikePOST@TOGROUPmacconsult.com>,
mikePOST.DeleteThis@TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote:

> Howard Brazee <howard.DeleteThis@brazee.net> wrote:
>
> > My post wasn't so much about safety, but convenience.
>
> If it's the convenience factor you're primarily concerned with, perhaps
> you should be thinking along the lines of file sharing instead.

Mike makes a good point. Whenever I want to share a file between
multiple computers in my household, I throw the file onto my file server
and mount the file server volume from whichever computer I'm on when I
want to access it. If you do that, the whole need for, and overhead of,
synchronization vanishes.

--
Note: Please send all responses to the relevant news group. If you
must contact me through e-mail, let me know when you send email to
this address so that your email doesn't get eaten by my SPAM filter.

JR
 >> Stay informed about: Batch files 

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 12:28:06 -0500, mikePOST.TakeThisOut@TOGROUPmacconsult.com
(Mike Rosenberg) wrote:

>> My post wasn't so much about safety, but convenience.
>
>If it's the convenience factor you're primarily concerned with, perhaps
>you should be thinking along the lines of file sharing instead.

Home use that will work - my work files, not.
 >> Stay informed about: Batch files