Alan
If a quick and dirty backup is what you're after, why not just get them =
to
spend EUR50 or so on a USB memory stick and avoid the spanning =
altogether?
Just a thought ...
Cheers
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Brian Abbott
ACA Systems
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> From: profox-bounces .AT. leafe .D.O.T com=20
> [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Alan Bourke
> Sent: 13 June 2003 09:11
> To: 'profox .AT. leafe .D.O.T com'
> Subject: Zipping VFP data.
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> I've reposted this without the OT tag so apologies if you've=20
> seen it before.
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> I've got a weird problem with one of my customers. I've set=20
> up a batch file to PKZIP some VFP data files to floppy. The=20
> problem is that it fills the first disk no problem, then=20
> prompts for disk 2. You put disk 2 in and it keeps asking for=20
> disk 2 ... as if the machine is not registering the disk change.
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> The PKZIP command in the batch file is:
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> PKZIP -ex "-&wv" a:adata.zip a_*.*
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> The same command works on hundreds of sites with no problem.=20
> Things to note:
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> Tried on 2 Compaq Windows XP Pro workstations and a Dell=20
> server with Windows 2000 server. The "-&w" is in quotes=20
> because that's the way it has to be under NT/2000/XP
> - that wipes the disk, spans disks and verifies.
> I've tried "-&uv" which formats the disks first, no dice.=20
> Winzip won't span the disks properly. PKZIPC won't either.=20
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> The only commonality is that the floppies are all Imation but=20
> they used to work fine, and even fresh disks don't work.
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> Any ideas ... ?
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> Alan Bourke
> Opera Support And Development
> Quantum Business Solutions,
> Quantum House,
> Temple Road,
> Blackrock,
> Co. Dublin,
> Ireland
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> Tel +353 1 2796666
> Fax +353 1 2832384
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