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- ZCOPY 1.01
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- Copyright 1991-1992 InterZone Software, Inc.
- All Rights Reserved
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- Written by Peter Stewart
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- INTRODUCTION
- ============
-
- This program was born out of frustration with the existing programs
- to copy files fast and under a multi-node environment where it's
- not unheard of to get sharing violations in the middle of a copy.
- No problem if you're there to press the keys to get it going again
- but if you run a multi-node BBS, often one of your nodes would sit
- the the old Abort, Retry, Fail? waiting for a human to come along and
- give it a tweak.
-
- So we wrote ZCOPY. It is a fast, simple, easy to use commandline copy
- program in the same vein as Xcopy (which comes with DOS).
-
- This program has no warranty or guarantee other than to take up
- space on your hard drive. This program is Freeware and you should
- feel free to use it.
-
- This program MAY NOT be commercially reproduced or sold by anyone.
- This includes as part of a software library in which the user pays
- for the cost of the disk. The author reserves all rights to this
- program.
-
- This program is distributed as FREEWARE. This means that, if you like
- the program and continue to use it why not send us a little thanks.
- Suggestions for improvements/additions are always welcome.
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- HOW TO USE ZCOPY
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- Usage:
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- COPY FILES:
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- zcopy [drive:]pathname [drive:][pathname] [switches]
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- CONCATENATE TWO OR MORE FILES:
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- zcopy [drive:]pathname+[drive:]pathname [switches]
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- CONCATENATE SEVERAL FILES TO ONE:
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- zcopy [drive:]pathname+filename [drive:]pathname [switches]
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- Switches:
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- /? Help screen.
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- /a Copy only source files with the archive bit set.
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- /b Binary mode, don't strip ^Z (concatenation only).
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- /d:date Copy files modified on or after specified date (MM-DD-YY).
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- /e Copy subdirectories even if they are empty.
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- /k Keep attributes of original file.
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- /m Same as /a, except it turns off the archive bit on source.
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- /p Prompt for confirmation before copying each file.
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- /r:## Number of retries on sharing errors (default 10).
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- /s Copy subdirectories unless they are empty.
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- /w Wait before starting to copy.
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- HOW ZCOPY HANDLES FILE SHARING CONFLICTS
- ========================================
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- First of all: you should always load share when running in a multi-
- tasking or networking environment. It will prevent programs from
- corrupting the files on your system.
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- ZCopy always opens all source files in Read-only, Deny-write mode.
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- Destination files are opened in Read-write, Deny-write mode.
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- By default, ZCopy will make ten retries, waiting one second between each
- retry, on a sharing error. This is usually enough if two nodes on a BBS,
- are trying to copy the same file, for example. The number of retries can
- be inreased with the /r: parameter.
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- The maximum number of retries is 65535. We would recommend that you keep
- the number considerably lower, however...
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- Example of increasing the number of retries to 99:
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- ZCOPY file1 file2 /r:99
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- If ZCopy doesn't succeed after the specified number of retries, it will
- write an error message to the screen, ignore the error and continue
- copying all remaining files in the batch. In an automated system, like
- a BBS or mail system, it is usually preferable that minor errors get
- ignored, so that the system can continue to function as well as
- possible.
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- OTHER INFO
- ==========
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- InterZone Software, Inc., also distributes InterMail 2.01, InterPCB
- and other fine programs. Send thanks or inquiries for more information
- on our other products to:
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- InterZone Software, Inc.
- Peter Stewart/Michele Hamilton-Stewart
- 9050 Pines Blvd., Suite 430
- Pembroke Pines, Florida 33024
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- Voice: 305-436-4967 InterZone Cafe BBS: 305-436-1085
- Fax: 305-436-5587 SunShine PCBoard: 305-432-2223
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