PC dual save possible?

[BLiZZaRD]

It does, and I will just use task scheduler... HOWEVER...

I just set it up on my computer and it didn't work... perhaps I did something wrong? Can you help me diagnose?

Here is my "dualsave.bat" file:

REM The Share folder
SET SHAREFOLDER=\\I-dont-know\tga shared\Agent's Folders\Private\

REM Documents
copy "%userprofile%\Desktop\*.doc" %SHAREFOLDER%
copy "%userprofile%\My Documents\*.doc" %SHAREFOLDER%

REM Word 2007 Documents
copy "%userprofile%\Desktop\*.doc" %SHAREFOLDER%
copy "%userprofile%\My Documents\*.doc" %SHAREFOLDER%

REM *.txt Documents
copy "%userprofile%\Desktop\*.txt" %SHAREFOLDER%
copy "%userprofile%\My Documents\*.txt" %SHAREFOLDER%

Now I made a .txt file and saved it to my desktop. (the dualsave.bat is also on my desktop) I also made a test.doc and saved it into my documents folder.

I double clicked the dualsave.bat it ran in DOS real fast. I checked the "Private" folder on the shared drive and nothing is in there.


Now the "address" I listed as the %sharefolder% is the address of the "private" folder I got when checking properties... Some how I think this is the problem, but I don't know enough to even start... ideas?

[thetestingsite]

Odd, the batch file worked fine for me on my computer. Check to see if the path to the shared folder is correct; and if so, make sure it has correct permissions for users to change files in that folder.

Added Later: When I go into work, I'll try it on our network to see if there may be something else causing it not to work for you.

[BLiZZaRD]

Cool, I will check the permissions now. I appreciate the looking into while at work as well...

I will let you know if the permissions thing has something to do with it

[BLiZZaRD]

Well, the option to allow changing of files was not checked, but I enabled it and it still didn't work...

Must be the network then? grrrrr

Why can't this ever be a simple fix...


<EDIT>
I just changed the &#37;sharedfolder% to a brand new local folder on my desktop... ran it... nothing... so maybe it isn't the network, what else could I be doing wrong?
</EDIT>

[Twey]

The other option is to introduce a system-wide hook that checks for any data written to a file in one of those folders, and write it to the shared folder. This would be a better and possibly more efficient solution, but harder to implement. boxxertrumps has been learning the Windows API, perhaps he could have a go.

[thetestingsite]

Why can't this ever be a simple fix...

What would be the fun of that

Just thinking right off the top of my head, are you calling to the shared directory properly. (IE: is the name of the computer/drive spelled correctly in the batch)?

Try moving to another machine and make a shared folder on that as well. Just some ideas.

[BLiZZaRD]

HOLY CRAP I FIGURED IT OUT!!!

LMAO... the above is what I had...

I forgot the "" around SET SHAREDFOLDER!!!

It works now! AWESOME!!! Thank you!

[BLiZZaRD]

The other option is to introduce a system-wide hook that checks for any data written to a file in one of those folders, and write it to the shared folder. This would be a better and possibly more efficient solution, but harder to implement. boxxertrumps has been learning the Windows API, perhaps he could have a go.

I would be interested in these options as well! Any more info about them is awesome and welcomed!

[tech_support]

If you want you can add more extensions, just add:

REM *.myextensiongoeshere
copy "%userprofile%\Desktop\*.myextensiongoeshere" %SHAREFOLDER%
copy "%userprofile%\My Documents\*.myextensiongoeshere" %SHAREFOLDER%

and a typo for Word '07 documents:

REM Word 2007 Documents
copy "%userprofile%\Desktop\*.docx" %SHAREFOLDER%
copy "%userprofile%\My Documents\*.docx" %SHAREFOLDER%

[BLiZZaRD]

Thanks! It works great now!