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I guess everyone in this list should have at least one diff application supporting directory compare? ;-) -Flávio On 1/18/06, Michael Wojcik <Michael.Wojcik at microfocus.com> wrote: > > From: cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org > > [mailto:cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org] On Behalf Of Glen Starrett > > > > Bo Berglund wrote: > > > And I must make sure to *not* overwrite a file that was there > already > > > but I did not recognize lest I lose the edits thta might already > have > > > gone into it... > > > > Do this then: > > > > xcopy /my/old/cvsroot /my/temp/cvsroot > > xcopy /my/temp/cvsroot /my/old/cvsroot > > Wouldn't it be simpler and safer to do: > > attrib +r /my/old/cvsroot/* > xcopy /my/temp/cvsroot /my/old/cvsroot > attrib -r /my/old/cvsroot/* > > Unless it's given the /r switch, xcopy won't copy over read-only files. > (It's unfortunate that xcopy has a "only copy files that already exist > in the destination" option, but not the reverse.) > > -- > Michael Wojcik > Principal Software Systems Developer, Micro Focus >