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To use this dialog
Select the files and folders you want to copy and then use the Actions | Copy To... or Actions | Move To... commands from the main menu.
Copy File Dialog - Simple
Simple vs Advanced Options
The image above is of the dialog in simple mode. To expand the dialog so that all options are available click on the Advanced button. The full dialog is shown below.
Copy File Dialog - Advanced
Special Notes About Closing the Advanced Area:
| • | Closing up the dialog to hide the Advanced area resets all the options in that area to their defaults. (E.g. normally the Overwrite option will revert to Ask and the Copy to One Folder and Copy Only if Target Exists check boxes will be cleared.) |
| • | Changing the default settings. You can change the default copy settings These are the settings used when the dialog's Advanced area is closed. To do so: |
| 1. | Click on the Options button. If the Advanced area is closed, open it up to expose the Options button. |
| 3. | The Copy Files Options dialog that opens click on the Copy Files Dialog button. This will open a dialog with many of the same options as the main Copy Files Dialog. Set the options as you desire for the defaults and click OK. Now when the Copy Files dialog is closed the options in the Advanced area will be set to the new settings. |
(Note that this same Options dialog can be accessed by opening the main Program Options dialog - Options | Program Options... from the main menu - and selecting the Copy Files panel.)
Information on the Selected Files to be Copied
Source Files
For easy reference this area displays information about the selected files that FileBoss will attempt to copy, move or update.
Top Level:
The Top Level section shows how many folders and files will be copied directly to the destination folder. All other folders and files will be copied below one of the top level folders (or sub-folders of a top level folder)
Destination for the Copy / Move Operation
Destination
Displays the folder to which the selected files will be copied/moved.
The list of previous destination folders - accessed by clicking the down arrow to the right - is remembered even when FileBoss is closed.
To change folders you can:
| • | select one from the drop-down list |
| • | select the Browse button to locate the folder you want. |
The number above the destination folder is the amount of free space on the selected folder's drive or storage media.
Do it your way:
Don't like the list of destination folders in the drop down list? Want to delete some of them or change their order for some reason? Simple. Just hold down the Alt key and click on the word Destination. A dialog will open where you can edit the list of entries.
Optional Patterns
If the Field is Bank
All selected files will be copied. If folders are to be copied all files in all subfolders will be copied unless specified otherwise in that particular routine.
Leaving the filed blank is exactly the same as entering * or *.* all three tell FileBoss to copy all files.
Wildcards in File Patterns
The common wildcard characters (*) and (?) can be used when specifying groups of file to be copied.
The entry *.tmp | *.bak | ~* will copy all files with the extension tmp and bak as well as all files beginning with the tilde character (~).
Multiple File Patterns
You can enter a series of file names and patterns - up to over 32,000 characters long. Simple separate each name or pattern with the bar character: |
Excluding Files and Groups of Files
Specific files and groups of files can be excluded from being copied by preceding them with a minus sign, (-). If the name actually begins with a minus sign, simply put another in front of it, e.g. --notations.txt.
To exclude temporary and backup files you might use -*.tmp | -*.bak | -~*.
Note that there is no *.* or just * in the beginning. Remember that if there is no include specification then *.* (all) is assumed.
For example the these two patterns are equivalent: -*.zip and *.* | -*.zip (include all files except those with the zip extension.
Including and Excluding at the same time
Using *.jpg | *.gif | *.bmp | -~* would include all jpg, gif and bmp files except the filenames that begin with the tilde character (~).
Copying all Files to One Folder
(Note: this option is only available when copying from Virtual Folders. It is meaningless when copying from an Explore View and thus disabled.)
When checked this option forces all selected files and folders to be copied directly to the destination folder regardless of their relationship to each other.
Normal Copying
Normally folders and files are copied along with their folder structure. For instance, suppose the following three files were selected in a Virtual Folder:
C:\Setup.txt
C:\My Documents
C:\My Documents\Parents.doc
If the Destination folder was D:\Backup then the two files and one folder above would be copied as:
D:\Backup\Setup.txt
D:\Backup\My Documents
D:\Backup\My Documents\Parents.doc
Copying to One Folder
All selected files and folders will be copied directly to the destination folder:
D:\Backup\Setup.txt
D:\Backup\My Documents
D:\Backup\Parents.doc
Copy Only if Target Exists
Will copy each selected file if, and only if, a file with the same name already exists in the destination folder.
This effectively updates the files in the destination folder without adding any new files. Good for when you want to back up files with copying a bunch of junk or temporary files that may be on the source drive or folder.
Actions when Destination Entry Already Exists
No / Yes / Ask / Only if Newer
The first four options determine whether or not files can be overwritten by the files being copied.
When Only if Newer is selected the times the files were last modified are used for comparison.
Rename
Rather than overwriting files that exist, you can instruct FileBoss to rename either the new or the existing files.
Select New File to rename the file that is being copied (the existing file will not be changed).
Select Existing File to rename the existing file, the new file will then be copied using the old name.
Whether you choose to rename the existing file or the new file depends only on what you are doing and your personal preference.
Click on Set... to specify how the files - either new or existing - will be renamed. You can add text and/or sequential numbers to the new filenames.
Setting When FileBoss will Ask for Confirmation
These options determine when FileBoss will alert you that a file is going to be overwritten by the copy or move process. The warnings are fired when an existing file has one of the checked attributes. For instance if the EXE box is checked FileBoss will ask you what to do before copying a source file over an existing target file that has an extension of .EXE, .COM, .DLL, .DRV, .OCX or .BAT. When asked what to do your options will be to skip that one file, cancel all remaining files, overwrite that one file, overwrite all remaining files or even rename the file.
| None | This is a master check box that, when checked, turns off all warnings. You'll note that when it is checked the other check boxes are grayed indicating that they have no effect. To enable the other check boxes uncheck this 'None' check box. |
| Hidden | Marked by Windows as a Hidden File. Normally files marked with this attribute should not be modified. |
| System | Marked by Windows as a System File. Normally files marked with this attribute should not be modified. |
| Read-Only | FileBoss will stop and ask permission whenever one of these attributes is set on the existing target file. Note that changing (which overwriting a file certainly does) any file with the Hidden, System or Read-Only attribute may disrupt the stability of your system, if not render it totally unusable. |
| Archive | The archive bit indicates that a file has been changed. This attribute for a file is set by Windows whenever a file is modified by either Windows or a program such as a Word processor or paint program. Backup programs often use this attribute to determine what files need to be backed up and, after backing up the file reset (clear) the Archive bit. |
| EXE | FileBoss considers files with the following extensions to be executable files: .EXE, .COM, .DLL, .DRV, .OCX and .BAT. |
| Newer | FileBoss will compare the two file times and warn if the file on the target drive is newer (had been modified more recently) than the source file. |
This option is only present when the warnings are being used for copy or move operations (i.e. not for deleting or touching as there is no 'source' file).
Setting New File Attributes
These options affect files created or overwritten by the copy or move operation.
(Note that a file is considered new even if it overwrites an existing file of the same name.)
You can add, remove or leave the four attributes unchanged.
If an attribute is marked as No Change it will be set to the same setting on the source file or folder.
Specifying Dates and Times of New Files
These options affect files created or overwritten by a copy or move operation.
(Note that a file is considered new even if it overwrites an existing file of the same name.)
There are three options:
| Original | The copied / moved file and folders will have the same file times as the original files |
| Now | All new and overwritten files will have their file times set to the time the copy / move operation began. |
| Specified | All new and overwritten files will have their file times set to the time specified in the date and time fields immediately below these three option buttons. |
Special Notes:
| • | All three file times - Created, Last Accessed and Last Modified - are set by these options. |
| • | Frequently the file times of the copied files will not exactly match those of the original files or of the time specified. When this happens it is because how Windows stores file times depends on the Version of Windows and on the underlying file system of the storage media, e.g. NTFS and FAT. Just as one example some systems store access times to the nearest two seconds others to the nearest day. So In that case when a file is copied from the former to the latter, the access time will be rounded down to midnight of the day. Then, when the file times are compared they will be different. FileBoss can account for this difference by setting the resolution of file times when in compare mode. |
Removing the Archive Flag from Original File
Remove Archive Bit from Source Files
Clears the Archive flag from the source file. When the Archive flag is cleared it indicates to some programs that the file has not changed since it was last backed up.
More about Archive Bits
The archive bit indicates that a file has been changed. This attribute for a file is set by Windows whenever a file is modified by either Windows or a program such as a Word processor or paint program. Backup programs often use this attribute to determine what files need to be backup and, after backing up the file reset (clear) the Archive bit.
Specifying how Folders will be Copied
There are two ways Folders can be copied.
Everything In & Below The first is the normal, recursive, method (used by Windows Explorer and most other programs) where the folder entry is copied along with all folders and files below that folder with the original folder structure copied to the destination.
As an Empty Folder Only the folder itself is created. No folders or files below that folder are copied unless they too are selected.
There are a number of uses for the As an Empty Folder option. One of the most noticeable is to copy an entire folder structure without any of the files it contains. Just select all the folders and then, in the Advanced section of the Copy dialog, make sure the As an Empty Folder option is selected before copying.
Special Notes:
This option is only available when the files being copied are from a Virtual Folder. When in Explore View these options are grayed and all folders are copied in the traditional manner, i.e. as if the Everything In & Below option was selected.
Expanding the Copy / Move dialog to Display Advance Options
Simple / Advanced Button
Opens and closes the Advanced area at the bottom of the dialog. (When the Advanced area is open this button changes to read Simple.)
Special Notes:
| • | Closing up the dialog to hide the Advanced area resets all the options in that area to their defaults. (E.g. normally the Overwrite option will revert to Ask and the Copy to One Folder and Copy Only if Target Exists check boxes will be cleared.) |
| • | Changing the default settings. You can change the default copy settings used when the dialog's Advanced area is closed to whatever you want. To do so: |
| 1. | If the Advanced area is closed, open it up to expose the Options button. |
| 2. | Click on the Options button. |
| 3. | The Copy Files Options dialog that opens click on the Copy Files Dialog button. This will open a dialog with many of the same options as the main Copy Files Dialog. Set the options as you desire for the defaults and click OK. Now when the Copy Files dialog is closed the options in the Advanced area will be set to the new settings. |
(Note that this same Options dialog can be accessed by opening the main Program Options dialog - Options | Program Options... from the main menu - and selecting the Copy Files panel.)
More Copy / Move Options
Provides quick and direct access to the main Program panel for setting global Copy / Move Options inlcuding how files are copied form CDs/DVDs, retaining Access times and how results of copy / move operations are logged to the Results windows.
You can also set the defaults options for the Copy Files dialog.
(Note that this same Options dialog can be accessed by opening the main Program Options dialog - Options | Program Options... from the main menu - and selecting the Copy Files panel.)
Ref: HIDD_COPY_FILES
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