(New for FileBoss Version 2.5)
Copying to 10s, 100s, even 1,000s of folders at
once
There are two ways to copy files to multiple destinations. To
copy to many folders at once see the the topic
Copy to Many
Folders which efficiently copies files and even folders
to hundreds and thousands of folders on your computer, server or
network at one time.
Copying to a few folders at once
The rest of this page describes how to copy quickly copy to
multiple destination by simply listing each destination in the
Destination(s) field of any copy based dialog such as
Copy To, Backup if Newer and
Backup & Sync. (Multiple destinations can not
be use with the Move To copy action.)
Entering multiple folders
You can enter as many paths as you want up to a limit of
32,000 characters.
Enter the list of folders you want the selected files
and / or folders in the Destination(s)
field as shown highlighted in yellow above. Each path
must be separated with a comma, semi-colon or the bar
character (, ; or |).
Clicking the Browse button will
display a folder picker when you can select one or more
folders that FileBoss will enter into the Destination(s)
field for you.
And you can always click the Edit
button to bring up a dialog where you can add, edit and
order the paths. This is especially handy when dealing
with more than three or four paths.
Edit
dialog for copy destinations
To enter multiple target folders easily use the
Browse button to the right of the field. This
special dialog will allow you to select multiple folders
at once by checking the Multiple Selections box
near the bottom of the dialog. To
manage multiple destinations use the Edit
button to the right of the Browse
button. This will allow you to edit the paths that are
currently displayed.
Entering comments in the
Destination field
Sometimes it is convenient to have a title for a long
list of destination folders. You can enter a comment
anywhere in the string (though at the beginning is
normally best so that it can be seen) in the form
<cmt: your
text here>
for example
<cmt: network backup>
This would make the Destination(s) field in the above
dialog look something like:
<cmt: network backup> D:\backup
; N:\backup ; \\Corp\c\backup
