<div dir="ltr">Hi Jamie,<div><br></div><div>You could also add a couple of lines to the script:</div><div>cd to the drive you copy to, and from there</div><div>del the .bat file.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Bodvar</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ikef3gCrA3g/UIsF1sJlTvI/AAAAAAAABik/zEqYCbBxQdA/s167/SignEmail.ai.png"><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 7:04 PM, Jaime Zuniga <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:JZuniga@protranslating.com" target="_blank">JZuniga@protranslating.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Hi Amy,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I have been messing around with your batch file idea but I am having an issue with it.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I want to create a batch file to copy all files in the current directory EXCEPT for the actual batch file, and no matter what I do using the copy command
it simply does not work. So, do you know how I can exclude the .bat file when copying files?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Thanks in advance,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Jaime<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com" target="_blank">framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com" target="_blank">framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Sharp, Amy<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 16, 2014 11:20 AM<span class=""><br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com" target="_blank">framers@lists.frameusers.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: My work-flow for dealing with backups from FrameMaker--getting rid of backups<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">I like having backups available in case of crashes or other emergencies, so I don’t want to turn them off. As it’s also my habit to save different “versions” of an active
FrameMaker project in different folders, backups are only required for those emergencies.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">That makes a lot of clutter in the folder for my FM files, and there are times I need to see my files without the clutter. Deleting or moving backups is not easy if you have
lots of files; you can reorder the files any way you like but the backups stay glued to their parent FM files.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">To get rid of the backups temporarily, I wrote an old-fashioned batch (BAT) file that moves backup files to a folder on my C: drive (FM_Backup) and then deletes the log file.
It takes only a few seconds to run, and leaves a pristine view of the FM files.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">IMPORTANT: This only works when FrameMaker is closed because FM automatically regenerates backup files as soon as you touch an open file.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The code I use is below. You can modify it to delete the files instead of moving them, change the backup folder name, get rid of the log deletion, whatever you’d like.
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<u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span>1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">In Notepad or another text editor, copy the following lines:<u></u><u></u></span></p><span class="">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Move *.<a href="http://backup.fm" target="_blank">backup.fm</a> C:\\FM_Backup<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Del *.log<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">pause<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span>2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Save the file as “FM_backup.bat” or any other name as long as it has a BAT extension.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Create a backup folder on your C drive called “FM_Backup.”<span class=""><br>
You can name this folder anything as long as it matches the folder name in the BAT file.<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span>4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Copy or move the BAT file into the same folder as your working FrameMaker files.
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IMPORTANT: You must insert a separate copy of the BAT file into every folder that contains your FrameMaker files.<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">To run, double-click “FM_backup.bat.”<span class=""><br>
The pauses stop the program to provide feedback as it moves the files. <u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Don’t forget to delete the backup files when they are no longer needed, as the backup folder gets bloated quickly.<u></u><u></u></span></p><span class="">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">I especially like using this when I save different “versions” of an ongoing project. When I open a folder containing an earlier version, I only see the project files.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The code uses the simple DOS commands move, delete, pause, and exit. It doesn’t save multiple versions of backups or work from any location except where the FM files are
stored, but you could get fancy if you’re inspired to take this to another level.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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