[OT]Copy automatically an directory

[Sombra]

Hello, this question was raise in the Spanish forum by the user inocente:

Is possible copy automatically an directory to another localization to one hour and one day certain?

I guess, that perhaps it can be possible with Autoit or similar program. Somebody could say something on the matter? TIA.

[Sheepdog]

As you probably know ther is no way to perform any TC Task (without external Tools) automatically at a certain time.

But a copy task can easily be done with xcopy or xxcopy and the Windows scheduler.

sheepdog

[ghisler(Author)]

I can also recommend the Windows scheduler for that. I'm using Info-zip in a batch file to backup some important data twice a day from my forst harddisk to my second (in addition to twice a week backups to USB disks, and infrequent backups to CD).

[miguesmart]

well, that post is
http://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?t=11268

and I recommend under XP, the command "at"
(like the scheduler)

AT [\\equipo] [ [id] [/DELETE] | /DELETE [/YES]]
AT [\\equipo] hora [/INTERACTIVE]
[ /EVERY:fecha[,...] | /NEXT:fecha[,...]] "comando"

for instance:
at 01:00 copy c:\boot.ini boot.bak

so you can add jobs:
C:\Documents and Settings\Joder>at
Estado ID Día Hora Línea de comando
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Mañana 01:00 shutdown -s -t 30
2 Mañana 01:00 copy c:\boot.ini boot.bak