replicating data

[predden]

Looking for some help/tips about a good SW for replicating data.

I need a good SW that will replicate/take a copy of data in a specified folder/folders on a few XP pro workstations and moves that data to a folder/disk on a win 2003 enterprise server…it needs to be a “clean duplicate” of the individual files and NOT a backup file such ass Microsoft’s .BKF files that you need to restore to be able to access the data..

It don’t need to be a real time application, its ok if it performs this task once/day.
any ideas?

And NO Larethania... a kebab wont do it :p

[onyx oZ Zombie]

I was able to use a simple batch file to copy files from my XP box up to a network share. The syntax being as follows, within the batch file:

copy "[fully qualified path and source files]" "[fully qualified path and destination files / UNC]"

in my case:

copy "c:\documents and settings\username\desktop\test.lnk" "\\domain\share name\test.lnk"

worked just fine
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this in conjunction with XP's "Scheduled Tasks" (Start >> Programs >> Accessories >> System Tools) should do what you're looking for.

it is important to note that, while XP has the ability to read beyond the old-school "8.3" rule for folder/file names, the quotes are still necessary in order for any spaces to be interpreted correctly

[jak]

Like oZ said.....

Been awhile, but I made a simple batch file to do similar in the past. Worked great and was clean copy done each day.... Would have to dig in my memory to come up with exact batch file.. but it worked great and copied all the hidden files and everything

Good luck