================================================================= ACOPY32.NEW January 14, 1991 Disk Directory Caching ---------------------- M attempt a implementin dis director cachin i ACOPY3 an ACOPY31 unfortunatel containe problem tha didn' sho u unti th dis director size exceede 25 entries Thes problem cause som har dis user seriou problems fo whic profusel apologise Whe becam awar o th problem ha n goo wa t trac dow th error an verif th fixe withou riskin someon else' har disk sinc ha n har dis o m ow a th time No tha d hav har disk th bug hav bee tracke dow an fixe (knoc o wood!) an fo som tim no hav bee routinel an successfull usin ACOPY3 wit cachin fo al m RA disk flopp dis an har dis copying. ACOPY3 i supplie wit dis director cachin turne off Cachin ma b turne o b patchin o b usin ZCNFG.CO an ACOPY32.CFG Se ACOPY32.PA fo mor information A interestin sideba tha croppe u durin testin i th differenc i cop spee betwee DO type i otherwis identica tests I on tes wher 1 file (208k wer copie fro flopp dis t flopp dis wit n verificatio o datestamping Z80DOS23 too 85/5 sec ZSDOS1 too 89/5 se an ZRDOS1 too 95/5 sec Time ar no_cache/cache New Options ----------- ACOPY3 contain tw ne Z80DOS/ZSDO option tha ca b usefu fo har dis backups Th 'E (exists optio copie file onl i file o th sam nam alread exis o th destinatio dis an overwritin th destinatio file automatically Use i conjuncto wit th 'N an 'S options yo ca cop change (non-archived file ove existin file o you backu dis an archiv th sourc file i on step An remainin non-archive file whic don' currentl exis o th backu dis ca the b backe u an archive i secon step t th sam o differen destinatio dis a desired I an specifie sourc file don' exis o th destinatio disk th ZCPR erro fla is set to 6 for use by backup aliases or ZEX scripts. Th 'U (updat) option allow yo t automaticall overwrit an updat olde destinatio file b copyin onl whe th sourc fil modificatio dat i newe tha th destinatio fil modificatio date o i n destinatio fil alread exists I ma als b use wit th 'E optio t updat onl existin files. ACOPY32.W an ACOPY32.HL no hav a adde sectio o backin u files Severa sampl backu comman line ar include t hel illustrat th us o som o ACOPY' options. Datestamping ------------ Z80DO an ZSDO datestampin routine i ACOPY3 ar no turne of i n cloc i found Thi help sav copyin tim i n datestampin environmen i present. Excluding Files --------------- T simplif copyin group o file wit singl command yo ca no specif u t filenam exclusio mask o th comman line Thes filenam mask mus b specifie onl afte bot th sourc an destinatio file hav bee specifie i som way eithe b filenam mas o du/di specification File matchin th sourc filenam mas an als matchin an o th exclusio mask wil no b copied Filenam exclusio mask ca also hel mak i easie t writ backu aliases Wildcard User Numbers --------------------- Suppor fo bot sourc an destinatio wildcar use numbers wa adde i ACOPY31x Wildcar use specification ca als b a ai i backu aliases See ACOPY32.WS for more information. hop th capabilitie o thi ne versio o ACOP prov usefu t you invit any comments suggestion and bu reports: Terry Hazen n/SYSTEMS 21460 Bear Creek Road Los Gatos, CA 95030 or messages may be left for me on one of the following boards: Voice.......... (408) 354-7188 Zee-Machine.... (408) 245-1420 Ladera Znode... (213) 670-9465 =================================================================