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On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:17:45 -0500, Greg M. Johnson wrote:
> I've got a few thousand files I'm copying from a data CD to a WinXP box.
> Duplicate copies of 90% of them already exist on the WinXP box.
>
> When I had the same scenario on my linux boxes, Konqueror quite
> intelligently gave me an "Autoskip" option.
>
> I really don't want to blithely copy everything again--to rewrite
> existing files, in case there's a chance the CD version isn't as good,
> and other reasons.
>
> How can I autoskip in Windoze?
Maybe use rsync instead? There are versions of rsync for Windows...
Jim
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On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 12:03:01 -0500, Warp wrote:
> In Linux obscure key combinations are usually at least *documented*
> somewhere.
I wouldn't even say "usually", but "always" - in the end, you can always
derive that knowledge from the source (who says source code isn't
documentation? ;-) )
If we had access to the Windows source, we could then call that
functionality "documented" as well.
Jim
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Jim Henderson escribió:
>
> Maybe use rsync instead? There are versions of rsync for Windows...
Rsync rocks. I used it from cygwin.
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Warp wrote:
> I thought Windows was supposed to be user-friendly?
More so than Linux IME. Example: Add a URL-based installation source
via YaST. How long does it take you to figure out the copy/paste added
a space on the end of the URL, and YaST is too stupid to strip trailing
spaces from the URL?
How long does it take, for that matter, to figure out how to copy and/or
paste for each particular program. :-)
> In Linux obscure key combinations are usually at least *documented*
> somewhere.
It might be documented somewhere. I just saw the documentation in
Google, same place I get Linux documentation. ;-)
--
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
It's not feature creep if you put it
at the end and adjust the release date.
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Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] san rrcom> wrote:
>> When it asks the first time if you want to clobber files with the same
>> name, and offers "Yes", "No", and "Yes to all", hold down the shift key
>> and click "No". I think it's the shift key.
>
> I thought Windows was supposed to be user-friendly?
>
> In Linux obscure key combinations are usually at least *documented*
> somewhere.
MS seems to think that the appropriate place to handle files is from
within the applications that create them. The ability to grab your data
at the file level appears to be something that MS doesn't want the
common user to be able to to at will. Take, for instance, the way they
make it easy to put streaming video into a page, without giving you an
easy way to save that video to where you can find it whenever you want
it, so that you don't have to download it every time you want to view it.
The reason you have just the three choices is, I suspect, because the
MessageBoxEx() API call allows for only up to three buttons, and the
programmerswho wrote Windows Explorer were too lazy to whip up a dialog
box with the necessary number of buttons.
Regards,
John
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On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:52:34 -0300, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> Jim Henderson escribió:
>>
>> Maybe use rsync instead? There are versions of rsync for Windows...
>
> Rsync rocks. I used it from cygwin.
When I have to use Windows, I always make sure cygwin is installed. It
might have a fair bit of overhead, but it's nice to have an environment
that is familiar to work in - too many times I type "ls" in a command box
because I spent all my time using Linux...
Jim
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Jim Henderson escribió:
> On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:52:34 -0300, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
>
>> Jim Henderson escribió:
>>> Maybe use rsync instead? There are versions of rsync for Windows...
>> Rsync rocks. I used it from cygwin.
>
> When I have to use Windows, I always make sure cygwin is installed. It
> might have a fair bit of overhead, but it's nice to have an environment
> that is familiar to work in - too many times I type "ls" in a command box
> because I spent all my time using Linux...
*Apart* from cygwin, I have gnuwin32 tools on my PATH, so I actually
type ls on the Windows command prompt and it works. Then when I'm
removing malware from friends' computers over VNC (I do that often,
sigh), I do the following:
C:\Windows> ls
"ls" command not found
C:\Windows> ARGH
"ARGH" command not found
C:\Windows> dir
[actual directory contents]
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Darren New wrote:
> How long does it take, for that matter, to figure out how to copy and/or
> paste for each particular program. :-)
In X, highlight to copy and middle mouse to paste. Works across almost
all programs. On a bare terminal, write it down on paper and save
yourself the trouble.
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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> More so than Linux IME. Example: Add a URL-based installation source
> via YaST. How long does it take you to figure out the copy/paste added
> a space on the end of the URL, and YaST is too stupid to strip trailing
> spaces from the URL?
YaST is not Linux. You can't blame Linux for the problems of some
third-party software you are running in it.
In the Windows case in question it was a core feature of Windows.
And besides, if you don't like how YaST works, take the source and make
it better. Attempt to do that with Windows core features...
> How long does it take, for that matter, to figure out how to copy and/or
> paste for each particular program. :-)
I always copypaste in the same way everywhere. I don't remember a
program where it wouldn't work.
(Sure, it's not immediately obvious how it's done, I admit that...)
--
- Warp
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Sabrina Kilian <"ykgp at vtSPAM.edu"> wrote:
> On a bare terminal, write it down on paper and save
> yourself the trouble.
Actually in a bare terminal you can run software which allows copy-pasting
of text on the terminal (using cursor key combinations, etc). Not the
handiest possible way, but perfectly possible.
--
- Warp
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