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XXCOPY Version 2.82.7 Released 2002-10-25 XXCOPY16 Version 2.82.7 Released 2002-10-25
1. Summary of the XXCOPY Features |
2. XXCOPY Freeware and Pro Edition |
xxcopy.zip, xxcopyfw.zip,
or xxfw2827.zip.
xxcopype.zip,
or xxpe2827.zip.
3. XXCOPY Freeware Licensing Terms |
Pixelab, Inc, the copyright owner of the XXCOPY software package,
grants a non-exclusive license without charge to an individual
who intends to use the XXCOPY program for non-commercial purposes
provided that all of the following additional conditions are met.
You may use XXCOPY under this freeware license if:
- You install the XXCOPY program on a computer that is your own
personal property and you are the primary user of the computer.
- If you transfer files between networked computers using XXCOPY,
all of the computers are also your own personal property.
- Or, even if the above conditions are not met, you may still use
XXCOPY for 60 days for evaluation purposes without charge.
If your situation does not qualify for the freeware license,
the use of XXCOPY will be considered as a commercial usage.
Please see the section on Corporate Site Licensing below.
This freeware version of XXCOPY is distributed AS IS and without
any warranties. If you have problems, our liability is limited
to $1.00 per site, that is much more than you paid for it.
XXCOPY is a trademark of Pixelab, Inc.
With the freeware license, you may give your friends a copy of the
XXCOPY Freeware, as long as the package is not altered and remains
as a whole. However, for distribution on a commercial basis,
(even in a Freeware distribution CD-ROM, or download service),
you must obtain a written permission from Pixelab, Inc.
Please note that Emails from freeware users may not be answered due
to the large number of Emails we receive. If you wish to receive
technical support by Email, you may consider acquiring a single user
license even if your usage complies with the freeware license terms.
4. XXCOPY Freeware Download |
The latest release (this page revised on 2002-11-13) Note: This version is compatible with WinXP SP1 and Win2K SP3. XXCOPY Freeware Version 2.82.7 2002-10-25 XXCOPY16 Freeware Version 2.82.7 2002-10-25 If you are trying to clone a bootable Windows9X/ME system disk You should go to XXTB #10 and print out the instruction, first (you can download the freeware from that page as well). Both XXCOPY and XXCOPY16 are packaged in one download file. Click the download file (the line below) http://www.xxcopy.com/download/xxcopy.zipFor the trial version of XXCOPY PRO Edition, see below.
5. XXCOPY Pro Edition for Commercial Usage |
If you intend the XXCOPY software for commercial usage, you must use the XXCOPY Pro Edition. The XXCOPY Freeware package is designed strictly for personal usage under the XXCOPY Freeware License. (Although you may use XXCOPY Freeware for evaluation purposes for 60 days, we strongly recommend that you test drive XXCOPY Pro Edition for evaluation since it provides more convenience in testing, especially for a network environment.)The XXCOPY commercial usage license is administered as a Site License which allows you to use XXCOPY to transfer files between networked computers. It also allows for multiple copies of XXCOPY to be used in your organization. The price of the Site License depends on the number of computers the XXCOPY program is executed and/or the computers the XXCOPY program accesses.
(See the Price Chart).
6. Free Test Drive of XXCOPY Pro Edition |
If you are interested in XXCOPY Pro Edition, you may receive the software package for evaluation purposes. You may test the actual XXCOPY Pro Edition for 60 days on a trial basis without obligation to purchase.Please sign up the request form for the Pro Edition package. We will send you the download and installation instructions by Email.
You may request an update even if you are already test-driving an earlier version (the 60-day countdown will not be reset though).
= = = = = Test Drive Request Form = = = = =
7. Ordering XXCOPY Pro License |
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Click this button to go to the secure Ordering page for the XXCOPY Corporate Site License... |
************************************* Commercial Use Site License Pricing ************************************* License The number Per-computer Total Package of Computers Price License Fee --------------------------------------------------- XXLIC 2-9 $20 $40 - $180 XXLIC-010 10 $18 $ 180 XXLIC-020 20 $16 $ 320 XXLIC-050 50 $12 $ 600 XXLIC-100 100 $ 9 $ 900 XXLIC-200 200 $ 6 $ 1,200 ... ... ... can go as low as $ 1 ... Please call for quotation . |
If your organization has more than 200 computers, please contact Pixelab<tech@xxcopy.com>
for details.
8. Free Update for XXCOPY Pro User |
If you are an XXCOPY Pro user, you are permitted to download the latest XXCOPY Pro Edition package for free within 12 months of your purchase. That is, our standard licensing policy comes with a subscription for the update download service.Please fill out the following Update Request Form. We will send you the download and installation instructions by Email.
XXCOPY-Pro's serial number can be found by running the following command on the computer that XXCOPY has been installed.
XXCOPY /LICENSE
If you are currently test-driving an earlier version of XXCOPY-Pro, please use the Test Drive Request Form for a free update.
= = = = = Free Update Request Form = = = = =
If you acquired the current XXCOPY user license more than 12 months ago, please contact Pixelab for the renewal of your subscription to the update download service (with a substantial discount relative to the license fee as a new customer).
9. Highlights of the Release |
- Supports Windows XP SP1 and Windows 2000 SP3.
When you install Windows XP Service Pack 1 or
Windows 2000 Service Pack 3, one of the key DLL
files is replaced. XXCOPY detects this change
when it checks the OS version and generates a warning prompt.
The current version (v.2.82.4 or higher) eliminates this warning.
- Context-sensitive help for Prompt buster switch.
When you encounter a user-prmpt, typically (Y/N) ?
You may respond to it by typing "?".
XXCOPY will provide a short help text that tells
you what switch would disable the particular user-prompt.
- Command Switch accepts an optional colon as delimiter.
Once upon a time (before /CF (command File) was introduced),
the command line was such a precisous space, the command syntax
could not afford a delimiter between the command letter(s) and
its parameter. Now, we can talk about readability.
To improve the readability of command text (in both the command
line and in the text for the /CF file), XXCOPY now accepts an
optional colon that can be placed immediately after the switch
letter(s).
e.g., /WS5 -> /WS:5
/X*.dir -> /X:*.dir
/INn* -> /IN:N*
/oNc:\mylog.txt -> /oN:c:\mylog.txt
Note: XXCOPY already accepts a comment // like this
A comment may appear either on the command line or
in the command file text (in /CF file).
- New switch /IA:
- and /IP:
-
An improvement of the /IA (If-Absent) and /IP (IF-Present) switches
with the name of a file/directory.
/IA:mystuff // Continue only if "mystuff" is absent.
/IP:mystuf // Continue only if "mystuff" is present.
/IA // Continue only if the dst directory is absent
/IP // Continue only if the dst directory is present
Note: the item for absence/presence may be a directory or a file.
-
New macro item added:
/$WWW$ // Day of the week in three-letter (e.g., SUN)
/$W$ // Day of the week in ordinal value (0-6 for Sun-Sat)
/$HOST$ // The name of the host (current) computer
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Improvements on /W; Now, /WS
and /WE accept a delay value.
/$WS<n> // Waits for n seconds at the start of the program.
/$WE<n> // waits for n seconds at the end of the program.
Note: n is in seconds by default; you may add a sufix letter
for S(econds), M(inutes), H(ours), or D(ays).
The following existing switches are still supported.
/W // Same as /WS (compatible with XCOPY).
/WS // Waits for a user key at the start of the program.
/WE // Waits for a user key at the end of the program.
=-=- The following items are from recent updates -=-=
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A few bugs were removed.
Versions between 2.80.0 and 2.80.3 were affected by the bug.
/DB#xxH /DB#xxM /DB#xxS did not compute the right age.
Now these switches should work correctly.
Due to inconsistent implementations by Microsoft among the
various Win32 platforms, XXCOPY encountered problems when
a read-only file with the H (hidden) and/or S (system)
attributes was to be overwritten, under Windows NT/2K/XP
(no problems under Windows 9X/ME). This problem is now fixed.
- File selection by the file timestamp
/DA: and /DB: are enhanced with a time value in addition to
the date value (add T or @ followed by a time value).
Examples:
/DA:2001-10-25T13:15:30 (conform to the ISO 8601 standard).
/DB:2001-10-25@13:15 (@ may be used between date and time)
/DB:2001-10-25@13 (sec and/or min can be omitted)
- New security related features, /SC and /SF are added.
This is for a copy operation from an NTFS volume to another.
With the /SC (Security Copy) switch, when a file (or a
directory) is copied, its security information (permissions
and/or auditing info) will also be copied.
With the /SF (Security Fixup) switch, only the security info
in the source will be copied to their corresponding items in
the destination (if present) without changes in any other
aspects (no file contents and other attributes are affected).
In both the /SC and /SF cases, you may fine-tune the
scope of the security information to handle by appending
a digit (1 - 3) as shown below:
/SC /SF // same as /SC3 and /SF3 respectively
/SC3 /SF3 // both permissions and auditing.
/SC2 /SF2 // only with auditing (SACL)
/SC1 /SF1 // only with permissions (DACL)
/SC0 /SF0 // cancel /SC or /SF switch
Note: the user must log on with the Administrator's privilege
to use /SC and /SF.
- New /INSTALL:<directory> to specify XXCOPY's home
directroy.
- The Progress Bar (/PB) has been completely reworked. The
older method of displaying the bar graph on the DOS Box
screen was discarded. The new method utilizes a pop-up
window which no longer relies on the ANSI-compatible DOS Box
setting. As a bonus feature, the Halt/Resume/Abort buttons
are provided. The /PB switch now works on Win9x and NT/2000/XP.
- The new /LTREE switch allows you to list directories only. It
supports exclusion and also timestamp parameters applied to
the directory (/DA /DB /DO) which are otherwise applied to
files only.
- Two new switches are added.
/PC Prompts on Creating a new file
/Po Prompts on Overwriting an existing file (same as /Y)
These pair now handles each of the two cases in writing
a file. Previsously, the /Y switch was responsible for
the user-prompt on the file-overwrite case, but, there was
no counterpart on file-creation. The /Po switch was created
to form a symmetry: it is equivalent to /Y switch with the
opposite polarity (i.e., /Po is the same as /-Y which is
the default).
- The new /FF switch is added for "Fuzzy Filetime" match.
It provides more flexible control of the leeway in filetime
matching. It improves upon the /FT (Filetime Truncate)
and /FR (Filetime Round-Up). The new /FF switch accepts
an optional parameter to specify direction and magnitude
of the slack value in S(econds), M(inutes), H(our), or even
D(ays). The default /FF (without any parameter) is useful
for incremental backup between a FAT and an NTFS file system.
- As a totally redesigned scheme as an advanced XXCOPY-PRO feature,
the control of the console display and log file output are
organized with a total of seven related switches in the new
/o switch group (/oP, /oI, /oX, /oF, /oS, /oD, /oE). Each of
these switches can be independently controled for the console
and the log file output.
- The new /FM switch allows you to specify the output format
for the log file output (/oF) and for console display (/L).
- A few more /X parameter cases which were not previously
articulated in the documentation are now officially supported.
e.g., /Xabc\*\ and /Xabc\?\ which are equivalent to
/Xabc\*\* and /Xabc\?\* respectively.
- The debut of XXCOPY-PRO which is now specifically targeted for
professional users who accesses networked computers.
It allows a 60-day free test drive for new users.
The popular XXCOPY-Freeware is still available for home users
with a stand-alone computer. Advanced features are still
available in the Freeware version as a demonstration.
- The new /CF (Command File) feature allows you to store the
XXCOPY command line in a text file. It allows you to add
comments, connects lines for a very long filename.
- The log output is now cleaned up. Now, you have more control
on the log file contents. ( /OP, /OI, /OX, /OF, /OS, /OD)
Highlights of recent releases:
- The long-awaited Progress Bar is finally here. Add the /PB
switch to a large XXCOPY job to display a progress bar at the
top of the screen. Another progress bar will be shown for
an individual copy for files larger than 1 MB (customizable).
- File age parameters (/DA# /DB# /Do#) now accept a value in
days, hours, minutes, or even seconds. Now you can say,
XXCOPY C:\ D:\ /DA#30M /S // files 30 minutes or younger
XXCOPY \my\*JPG /DB#12H /RS // delete *.JPG, 12 hrs or older
10. XXCOPY Technical Bulletins (Reference) |
Technical Reference Combined (for Viewing)
. Zipfile (for Download)
XXTB #01 ... XXCOPY Command Parameters Reference
XXTB #02 ... What are the differences between XCOPY and XXCOPY?
XXTB #03 ... Problems in filename aliases (8.3 names) in Win32.
XXTB #04 ... What is and what is not included for copy.
XXTB #05 ... The Exclusion specifier.
XXTB #06 ... File Attributes: what are they and how to use them.
XXTB #07 ... Handling the case of Cyclic Copy.
XXTB #08 ... Short names made by Win95/98 and by WinNT/2000/XP.
XXTB #09 ... Worldwide Network of Download Sites for XXCOPY.
XXTB #10 ... Cloning a Win 9x system disk using XXCOPY.
XXTB #11 ... XXCOPY Cookbook --- Recipes of common Usages
XXTB #12 ... The file removal feature.
XXTB #13 ... XXCOPY Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
XXTB #14 ... Tutorials in Command Line (DOS) Operations
XXTB #15 ... Windows File Date and Time.
XXTB #16 ... Gathering files into one directory.
XXTB #17 ... Selecting files by the file date/time with XXCOPY.
XXTB #18 ... The filename matching schemes in Win32 and DOS.
XXTB #19 ... XXCOPY in batch files.
XXTB #20 ... More on Directory Cloning.
XXTB #21 ... XXCOPY in a network environment.
XXTB #22 ... The leading backslash in a filespec.
XXTB #23 ... The enhanced features of XXCOPY at a glance.
XXTB #24 ... Macro: directory name using the current date.
XXTB #25 ... XXCOPY Command Line Syntax.
XXTB #26 ... XXCOPY Command Reference Alphabetic Listing.
XXTB #27 ... XXCOPY Command Reference Functional Classification.
XXTB #28 ... The Wild-Wild-Source Specifier.
XXTB #29 ... The Windows 98 Startup Disk.
XXTB #30 ... A Feature Comparison: XXCOPY vs ROBOCOPY.
XXTB #31 ... XXCOPY's Exit Code (for ERRORLEVEL checking)
XXTB #32 ... A better boot diskette for Win9x/ME
XXTB #33 ... A better boot diskette for WinNT/2000/XP
XXTB #34 ... The differences between XXCOPY Pro and Freeware
XXTB #35 ... How XXCOPY-Pro manages the site license
XXTB #36 ... Norton Ghost and XXCOPY
XXTB #37 ... Format Specifications of Command File in XXCOPY
XXTB #90 ... XXCOPY corporate site license.
XXTB #99 ... XXCOPY Revision History
11. XXCOPY Discussion Group |
Recently, the XXCOPY Discussion Group was born in the Yahoo! Groups. It is a forum for discussing topics related to XXCOPY. In addition to the primary function as a bulletin board for questions and answers, the archived communications between members can be searched by keywords for answers that have been brought up in the past. You can also sign up to subscribe to the discussion Email. You may also post your question by Email. It is quite convenient and highly recommended for all XXCOPY regulars.http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xxcopy
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12. Technical Support and Feedback |
Due to the large number of Emails that we receive, we prioritize our technical support correspondence based on the license status.Those with the corporate site license as well as other licensees get their Email answered as promptly as possible. If you have an XXCOPY paid license, please include the License Serial Number in your Email for an expedited response.
If you are a freeware user, please accept our apology that we may or may not respond your technical support Emails in a timely fashion. You should join the XXCOPY discussion group, and post your question for best results.
A freeware user's common question whose answer is readily available in our web-based documentation, will likely result in an automated response without the answer it is seeking.
When we receive your Email, we will interpret it as your implicit authorization to receive Emails about XXCOPY from us in the future (except, of course, for an Email requesting a removal from our mailing list).
We welcome your comments and suggestions.
= = = = = Quick Feedback Form = = = = =
You may also send an Email to us at
<tech@xxcopy.com>
13. XXCOPY Featured in Other Web Sites |
Powerful Windows Utilities ...
| Dan DiNicolo's review article at Swynk.com | |
The BootLIST Newlsetter #5 ...
| What is XXCOPY really all about? | |
The LangaList 2001-12-20 .....
| alternative tools: many people use it for backups | |
The LangaList 2000-06-15 .....
| Langa.Com, A better Xcopy, For Free! | |
Pricelessware 2002 ....
| The best of the best in Windows Freeware | |
PC WORLD.COM Windows Tips ....
| Backups--The Long and Short of It | |
PC WORLD.COM Download ........
| Files Highlighted in April 2001 Issue" | |
ZENworks Cool Solutions ......
| Novell downloadables "like XCOPY on steroids" | |
Emazing:Download of the Day...
| 2001-02-21, "a very nice freeware we use often" | |
www.opus.co.tt/dave/ .........
| Interesting DOS Programs | |
Completely FREE Software .....
| A highly selective freeware listing site | |
Archer's Disk Management .....
| An eXcellent XCOPY for you | |
The Navas Group ..............
| How do I clone/Backup a hard disk under Windows? | |
Free Softwoare For DOS .......
| Reviews, descriptions, links to over 600 DOS programs | |
KSFO's Web Wanderer ..........
| July 8, 2000 Free for All Picks by Jack from Goshen | |
coolfreebies.com .............
| Cool Freebie Stuff, Best Free Stuff Selection | |
appdeploy.com ................
| Miscellanous Top Download (Rank #5) | |
davecentral.com ..............
| DaveCentral Software Archive, File Utilities | |
Axcel216's MAX speed .........
| Essential DOS 5.00 - 7.xx Power Toys | |
www.TinyApps.Org .............
| Small is beautiful / File / Backup | |
PC Buyers Beware! ............
| Tips and Tricks by Eric Legge | |
PC Guide, Xcopy Xposed .......
| Similar to Xcopy without the flaws in Microsoft... | |
Son of Spy's Freeware List ...
| The best of the best in Windows Freeware... | |
Internet Web Guide Magazine...
| Freeware of the Month June 2001 | |
peripheral.About.com..........
| Removable Hard Disk Brackets by Rick Russell | |
The BootLIST Premier Edition..
| Data Transfer to New Hard drive |
14. Screen Shots of XXCOPY |
The DOS Box display (the short-help text).
The progress bar pop-up window.
15. About the Publisher --- Pixelab, Inc. |
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Pixelab, Inc. |
Founded in 1986 |
Pixelab is better known as the publisher of the revolutionary tape control software,DATMAN. The predecessors of XXCOPY were developed as a utility for DATMAN users. Now, XXCOPY was brought to you as a stand-alone package by popular demand.
Updated 2002-11-13 (HREF=http://www.xxcopy.com/
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