backup/copy tools which can handle long filenames/paths

[wijcc]

Does anyone know of any backup tools, to copy files with long filenames and/or paths. It is to copy files from one hard drive to another on a daily basis

Thanks in advance guys

 

[bledd]

xp or vista?

robocopy

robocopy /e "c:\source folder" "d:\destination folder"

vista has robocopy installed already
for xp, drop this into 'windows\system32" folder..

http://bleddyn.co.uk/help/1files/ROBOCOPY.EXE


save the bold text in notepad as 'robocopy backup.bat' then use task scheduler to run it, or just double click the bat each time you want it run

it'll do a full copy on the first run
then every run after that, it'll copy only new & updated files

 

[wijcc]

windows server 2003, thanks will try it.. with the robocopu gui

 

[wijcc]

do you know what the command switch is for when you only want to copy files that have been changed since you last backed up/copied files over?
i.e. I want after running this script for the first time, only want it to copy files that have been changed/updated, newly created etc to be copied when i run the script again
Thanks

 

[Tomsk]

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=robocopy&meta=

 

[bledd]

yeah, that's the default behaviour

/e makes it copy folders and subfolders too