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   Tom Del Rosso to dr.j.r.stockton@gmail.com   
   Re: To stop XCOPY asking F or D in batch   
   14 Feb 19 15:21:29   
   
   From: fizzbintuesday@that-google-mail-domain.com   
      
   dr.j.r.stockton@gmail.com wrote:   
   > On Thursday, 14 February 2019 06:29:37 UTC, Tom Del Rosso  wrote:   
   >> JRS wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> The default "log" on the screen is grossly excessive - the   
   >>> required needles cannot be seen in the haystacks flying past.   
   >>> XCOPY just listed the name of each file actually copied (and an   
   >>> easily-suppressed count line) which would be ideal.   
   >>   
   >> Try xxcopy.  Its options are a superset of xcopy but it's otherwise   
   >> similar.   
   >   
   > Why?  I wrote, three days ago, "Therefore, the problem no longer   
   > exists." - using XCOPY with more explicit arguments.   
      
   I replied before reading the entire thread of course.  That message   
   followed the one to which I replied.   
      
      
   > XXCOPY would need to be imported to client computers. Also (see   
   > http://www.xxcopy.com/) XXCOPY is sadly no longer supportable.   
      
   The developer died AFAIK, but the last version had no bugs that are   
   apparent to me.  I saw only one bug in earlier versions and it's no   
   longer there.   
      
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