NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/bit/listserv/notabene/3184

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Date:         Fri, 1 Jan 93 14:21:38 EST
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Subject:      Saving *.BAK solved!
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After some typically helpful suggestions from Tony Woozley, one of my
two New Year shoot-for-the-moon wishes has been solved.

I did a little nosing around the SIMTEL holdings and found *just* the
utility I was after. In the directory /msdos/dirutl there's a little
FREEware program called move453.zip (13345 Kb). It can search
directories recursively for target files, and move them en masse to a
different directory or floppy (there's even a switch that will prompt
you for a new floppy when one is filled). Thus, I can add the line to
the end of my NB4.BAT "launcher" that reads:
MOVE e:\*.bak a: /r/o
and all .BAK files on disk e: (a partition devoted to NB) will
be automatically MOVED to a floppy in a:, /r=recursing subdir's
and /o=overwriting files of the same name. There are other switches
too. (The line beginning "MOVE..." should read "e:[backslash]")

Perhaps others will find this nifty little utility of value as well.

Best wishes,
David.
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David J. Reimer, Religion & Culture                  Fax: [phone]
Wilfrid Laurier University                   Phone: [phone] x2680
Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3C5             Internet: [e-mail]