Synctoy and tilde (~) character

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Homer J. Simpson

I've noticed that SyncToy 1.0 seems to be having lots of problems with files
that contain tilde characters in them--it's constantly complaining it can't
find them, even though they exist.

I've also noticed that whenever I delete folders on one machine, SyncToy
will not necessarily delete all copies it previously made on a remote
machine.

SyncToy's a great idea, and I can't complain about the price, but I'm
seriously thinking I need to start looking at alternatives.
 
Homer J. Simpson said:
I've noticed that SyncToy 1.0 seems to be having lots of problems with files
that contain tilde characters in them--it's constantly complaining it can't
find them, even though they exist.

I've also noticed that whenever I delete folders on one machine, SyncToy
will not necessarily delete all copies it previously made on a remote
machine.

SyncToy's a great idea, and I can't complain about the price, but I'm
seriously thinking I need to start looking at alternatives.
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I've never been let down by Robocopy.exe. Its somewhat complex to set up but
has been very reliable for years. Its currently available for download as
part of the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&displaylang=en.
It runs under XP and has history dating from Windows NT 4.

LJB
 
SyncToy's a great idea, and I can't complain about the price, but I'm
I've never been let down by Robocopy.exe. Its somewhat complex to set up
but
has been very reliable for years. Its currently available for download as
part of the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&displaylang=en.
It runs under XP and has history dating from Windows NT 4.
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Holy command line parameters! :-)

Well, if it works better than SyncToy, then it'll be just a matter of
writing and tweaking a batch file once...thanks.
 
Homer J. Simpson said:
Holy command line parameters! :-)

Well, if it works better than SyncToy, then it'll be just a matter of
writing and tweaking a batch file once...thanks.
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The following is similar to what I usually use

SET LOG="c:\ReplicateFiles.log"
rem Delete previous log file
DEL %LOG%
SET PRAM=/MIR /NP /R:3 /W:30 /A-:RA /LOG+:%LOG%
ROBOCOPY c:\work c:\backup\work %PRAM%
ROBOCOPY c:\done c:\backup\done %PRAM%

LJB
 
Homer,

We're looking into the ~ problem. Your second issue is the "delete empty
folders" enhancement that several people have mentioned and that we will
consider for a future release.

Thanks,
george
 
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