What is Time-Controlled Copying (TCC)?
 Time-Controlled Copying allows you to:
- Insert
pauses between one file being copied and another
- Specify
a minimum time that FileBoss spends copying a file. If a file takes
a shorter time to copy than the minimum time specified FileBoss will
insert a pause afterward to make up the difference.
- Insert
pauses between batches of files, e.g. pause for ten minutes after
every 50,000 files have been copied
Why use TTC?
Better resource management
Time-Controlled Copying is most often used
when copying a large number of files (or one or more really huge
files) to regulate computer and
network resources.
Prevent system crashes
TCC is also a must on fast, modern computers
when copying hundreds of thousands of files which sometimes will
crash Windows. On really fast machines where small files can be
copied up to 50,000 a second or more hundreds of
thousands of files will cause system failure. These problems can be prevented by either
pausing between each file by processing the files in
batches with pauses in between.
Quick Start: Time Controlled Copying
Copying
files and folders using the Time Controlled Copying
routine the same as using the normal
Copy To... function with
the addition of adding pauses at specific intervals
during the copy process.
- Select the files and folders you want to backup
to another location
- Select
Actions | More Copy Actions |
Time Controlled Copying from the main menu to open the
associated dialog.
Click image to display Advanced options
Enter the Destination Folder
- Enter
the folder to which you want to copy the files.
If you have used the dialog before you can
select a previous destination from the drop down
list box.
Optionally Enter Files to be Copied (or Files
Not to be Copied)
- To
copy all files leave the Patterns field
blank or enter and asterisk (*).
- To
copy only particular files specify one or more
file patterns. Separate multiple patterns with
semi-colon, comma or bar character ( ; , | ), e.g.
*.htm ; *.html ;
*.css.
- To
prevent certain files from being copied enter
their pattern(s) preceding each with a minus
sign, e.g. -*.bak ; -*.tmp ; -~*.
- You
can even combine files to copy and files to
exclude, e.g. *.htm ; *.html ; *.css
; -~*
(note that order in which the file patterns are
listed is not significant.
- Click
the OK button and FileBoss will start the
copying and display a progress window.
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