| From: | Jack York |
| Date: | 10 Mar 2001 at 19:01:47 |
| Subject: | [D5] Re: How to copy with clone |
Hello Lee
On 10-Mar-01, Lee Bosch wrote:
> Hello Jack
>
> On 10-Mar-01, you wrote:
>
>> As mentioned in a previous reply, I have this set and it still doesn't
>> work with directories. :(
>
> No, it doesn't. Then again, that wasn't the question.
>
> On Aminet, there is a very old utility by Jim Butterfield (TPUG) called
> ReDate that will do what you're looking for on a volume by volume basis. I
I can just set up a button to use the OS copy clone so it is easy enough to
get around. I just thought if DOpus could already do it, then that would
save a little clutter on my workbench.
> The readme file suggests it as a supplement to the CLONE switch. IIRC,
> the copy command will *NOT* set the date on destination directories that
> already exist. If you're copying huge trees, you might consider using a
> conventional backup program that preserves directory attributes.
I do my backups to cd so to restore I have to copy them back (unless
there is a better way I don't know about).
Jack