Tractor Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 I want to have the same files saves on 2 or 3 computers on my network and want to be able to update the list once a week, month, whatever. If this were DOS and not a network I'd just use XCOPY with a few switches to make it copy changed or new files. From windows XP so far all I can do is have it overwrite all files then wait over an hour for it to move them. Kinda annoying when its many gigs of data and thousands of files everytime Any ideas? Evan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 You could use a briefcase to make it a little easier. Just create a briefcase on the comps you want it to save on and then drag the files to them from the network. From then on you can just click on update or w/e and it will automatically fetch those files (Well actually, it will only update files that have been changed to make it go a little quicker) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmrmnhrm Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 Windows environments have the briefcase tool. For Unix variants, look into rsync. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted July 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 Read about briefcase in help. Not really what I'm looking for, but will probably start it up and see if there are any custom options or anything. Evan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtschulze Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 What type of files are they?? If they are Office...then try using the file as SHARED. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matris77 Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Check out SyncToy. I'm not sure if it is what you are looking for, but it might be. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E0FC1154-C975-4814-9649-CCE41AF06EB7&displaylang=en Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted July 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 Thanks for the link Matt. That was exactly what I needed. Anyone else needing to do things like this should download it. Works great. Evan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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