From: Siep Korteling Date: 2008-11-11T04:58:55+09:00 Subject: Re: Moving large amount of files, 1.750.000+ Robert Klemme wrote: > 2008/11/10 Sebastian Newstream : >>> The command above works on a cygwin shell. Alternatively you can use >>> XCOPY or directly use the Windows Shell (Explorer). >> >> Ok great tip. Will keep it as a backup plan. >> The thing is I need loging of all files being transfered so I know if >> something is missing. > > xcopy writes all filenames to the console. You can easily redirect > this to a file. > > xcopy from to /e /i > log > > For tar just add letter "v" for output of file names, e.g., > > ( cd "$source" && tar cvf - . 2>copied_files ) | ( ssh user@target "cd > '$target' && tar xf - ) > > Cheers > > robert xcopy has (or used to have) problems with long pathnames. Microsoft provides "robocopy" (standard in Vista, downloadable for others).It has features like tolerance for network outages and the ability to copy ACL's on ntfs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy I've no experience with xxcopy (an improved xcopy). It looks good too. hth, Siep hth, Siep -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.