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45177	2002-04-22 23:14:00	Have a friend who's (rightly) paranoid about losing email addresses and bookmarks - he's done it before . Can anyone supply scripting for program where he sticks a floppy in, goes to 'Run' and the program copies/updates these two folders. Something on the lines of Copy C:\path\ ( address folder) *.* A:\ Overwrite - yes Same with bookmarks ( Netscape)	Guest (0)
45178	2002-04-23 04:36:00	Don't use copy, use xcopy. It has the option to copy files which have the 'archive' bit set, and clear the bit. This is exactly what you want. In an MSDOS window type 'xcopy /?', and it will show you all the options.	Guest (0)
45179	2002-04-23 07:35:00	Thanks Graham, Will give it a go. Will this work using Wndows/Start/Run? Can remember enough about DOS to get it up and running ( hopefully) including paths etc but don't know enough to realise what I can/can't do starting from Windows. Trying to make this as easy as possible for my friend. Thanks again for response. Jim	Guest (0)
45180	2002-04-23 08:28:00	Hi Jim, I have a similar batch file which I use to back up my netscape settings. The address book and bookmarks are stored in pab.na2 and bookmark.htm respectively (Netscape 4.7). You can create a simple batch file to do this by pasting the following text into notepad and saving the file with the .bat extension. @echo off copy 'c:\program files\netscape\users\username\prefs.js' a:\ copy 'c:\program files\netscape\users\username\pab.na2' a:\ copy 'c:\program files\netscape\users\username\bookmark.htm' a:\ I have not tried to back up my mail folder as the size of this folder would mean that about 5 disks would be required. However, the command that I would use if I was going to attempt this is given below. A better idea might be to get the program to compress these files and then copy them over. copy 'c:\program files\netscape\users\username\mail\*.*' a:\mail	Guest (0)
45181	2002-04-23 11:01:00	Thanks Tristan, Reckon I've now got enough info to give it a go. Agree with what you say about disregarding mail file. If it's anything like mine it'd need a zip drive and I also don't want to confuse friend with the rules of zipping/unzipping files. Howver feel confident we'll get something workable for his addresses and bookmarks. Cheers, Jim	Guest (0)
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