Subj : Bluetooth To Ethernet
To   : Ed Vance
From : Barry Martin
Date : Mon Apr 06 2026 07:03:00


Hi Ed!

 > I never overwrote an old backup, so I still have... ALL of them.
 > One hopes!
 > These are variants of the same files, but I want the different versions.
 > So....  they're not much, a complete zip is about 8mb.


 EV> Ky and All,
 EV> A 2TB HDD is the largest my XP box can write to.

<checking> Yes, 'natively'; can use larger capacities but require a few 
tricks, which might not be such a good idea for use with a backup.


 EV> Besidesmaking abackup occassionally with True Image I
 EV> occasionally make a text
 EV> file by using dir/s/-p >> (a filenameYYMMDD.txt) from C:\  .
 EV> Or dir /b/s/-p to a text file.
 EV> Those Directory listing files I put in a subdirectory so Ican
 EV> open the latest
 EV> one when I want to search for a file or files that have a word I
 EV> am looking for.

From my dusty Windows memory, sounds good.  The only thing I might do
different is use a batch file for automating it.  I would also suggest
using the full pathname rather than rely on a cd (change directory).
Can use both:

       cd \pickles
       copy -av  c:\recipies\pickles\*.*  d:\%TODAY\recipies\pickles

Or whatever the Windows criteria is.  Just checked and doesn't appear
there is an 'archieve' switch (the -a).

Oh: the reasoning behind use of the full pathname was in case the
computer got confused because there wasn't something to do in a previous
step it would know exactly where you wanted the file.


                     ¯                                 ®
                      ¯  BarryMartin3@MyMetronet.NET  ®
                     ¯                                 ®


.... Always try to be modest, and be proud of it!
--- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47
 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA
 þ RNET 2.10U: ILink: Techware BBS þ Hollywood, Ca þ www.techware2k.com

--- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462
 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com (454:1/1)

.