Ycopy

5.0 stars

"Great program! (and limitations solved- see below)"

December 23, 2010  |   By rcheney

Version: Ycopy 1.0d

Pros

Ycopy gets around ALL of the problems of Windows/dos Windows Explorer, copy and xcopy programs. With these tools, Long filenames, long paths, corrupted files and errors, cause them to just STOP. Ycopy just logs these and goes on.

Cons

The ability to copy only a single file or folder at a time. and have to restart a browse each time is fairly time consuming. (but worth it). Ycopy will not run from a (dos)command line or batch file. There is a solution however. (See Bottom line)

Summary

This information would have been useful from the author, but whatever it takes. The use of the good-old batch file works wonders. Try a variation of this. Copy and paste it, save it as ServerBackup.txt, modify the parameters to suit your needs, remove any unwanted REM l(or other) lines, then copy or rename it to ServerBackup.bat (or any other name .bat)

REM ServerBackup.bat.

REM Note: Ycopy.exe "automates" from a batch file, and copies
REM multiple folders unattended. It's a GREAT program.

REM Ycopy will not run from a (dos)command line or batch file
REM because it is only in the "Program Files" Ycopy folder,
REM and dos can't find it. To fix this problem is very simple:
REM Copy Ycopy.exe to the C:\Windows\System32\ folder.

REM These lines should be modified to suit actual drive and
REM folder numbers and names. Excess entries (ie, REM...)
REM can be deleted or changed to suit actual needs.
REM Rename ServerBackupBat.txt to ServerBackup.Bat or
REM any other name and use the .bat extension instead of .txt.
REM (For simplicity- only the "simplified" usage of batch files.)

REM Example:
ECHO OFF

ECHO Attach Hard Drive "Z" to USB port.

REM Z: is an "Off-Site" 1TB USB Hard Drive.
REM <note the quotes for spaces>
ECHO (Local drive):
ECHO "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents"
ECHO D:\photos\
ECHO (Network "Virtual Drives"):
ECHO \\server\accounting\
ECHO \\server\production\
ECHO "\\server\sales and marketing\"
ECHO "\\server\engineering and research\"

CD\

PAUSE
REM <note the quotes for spaces>
Ycopy "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents" "Z:\My Documents\"
REM <no spaces-no quotes>
Ycopy \\server\accounting\ Z:\accounting\
Ycopy \\server\production\ Z:\production\
REM <note the quotes for spaces in the next lines>
Ycopy "\\server\sales and marketing\" "Z:\sales and marketing\"
Ycopy "\\server\engineering and research\" "Z:\engineering and research\"


pause
ECHO
ECHO
ECHO Backup is Complete. Disconnect Drive "Z"
ECHO
PAUSE

REM Ycopy Command Line Parameters:

REM Command Line Invocation
REM Ycopy can be invoked from the command line.
REM The general syntax is as follows...

REM ycopy [/nostart] [/noquit] src_folder [dst_folder]

REM src_folder - Specifies the source folder for the copy operation.
REM dst_folder (optional) - Specifies the destination folder for the copy operation.
REM /nostart (optional) - Specifies that the copy should not begin immediately.
REM /noquit (optional) - Specifies that that ycopy should not close upon copy completion.

REM Example:
REM ycopy C:\source\folder "D:\destination\destination folder"

REM This would copy the folder C:\source\folder to "D:\destination\destination folder"
REM Note: If either the source or destination folder name contains spaces you must enclose it in double quotes

REM Additional batch file information at the following (or similar): http://www.computerhope.com/batch.htm

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