Copying Files

[andrewducker]

Having decided I couldn't be arsed playing with RoboCopy for synchronising channelpenguin's 40GB MP3 player with my collection I did a quick google and discovered Microsoft's SyncToy - which is doing an excellent job of working out what files I had already copied and just getting what it needs. If you need to keep two folders in synch then I recommend it.

Comments

[poisonduk.livejournal.com]

Folder or File level & will it only work if mp3s have been ripped @ same bitrate or does it use filenames? I've got a 200gb library and a 150gb one that I'd really like to merge.

Off costume shopping now!

[andrewducker]

It's not that smart. In this case I was just copying her files en masse - but got interrupted halfway through. I wanted something that would be able to tell which files had already been copied and which ones still needed to be done.

[call-waiting.livejournal.com]

cygwin + rsync would be my natural choice there. It's rare for me to copy files at all with anything else. :)

[andrewducker]

Command line????

Are you insane?

[call-waiting.livejournal.com]

Not 'insane', as such, but certainly 'stubborn'.

[sbisson.livejournal.com]

It is a useful piece of code. I use it to keep various pieces of writing stored across multiple machines...