From: mike 


Interesting that the xxcopy.com website makes no mention of the new version....



 /m



On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 19:32:41 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote:

>I think they just released 2.95.2  and it may cure that error message. Also
>you may see changes with the compression bit
>
>
>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xxcopy/message/13646
>
>Re: [xxcopy] the compression bit
>
>
>edlight0 wrote:
>
>2..95.2 solved the pauses for a messasge after installing the XP
> security update for the cursor exploit,
>
> but now when I run
>
> xxcopy F:\Archive Y:\Data\F\Archive /clone /yy /v2
>
> where F: is a hard drive and
>
> Y: is a Corsair Flash Voyager thumb drive formatted NTFS with
> compression enabled,
>
> everything xxcopy updates becomes uncompressed.
>
> Any switch I can use to fix this?
> It was fine with 2.93.1
>-------------
>
>Well, we somehow felt the support of the C-bit (Compression bit)
>in the file attributes causes side effects that may be undesirable
>under certain conditions.
>
>The mechanism of the undoing the compression setting in the
>destination directory is the /KS switch that is part of the /CLONE
>(or even /BACKUP) operation. That is, with the /KS switch, the
>file attributes of the source file will be preserved in the
>destination (overriding the parent directory of the destination
>directory).
>
>You should undo the /KS that comes with /CLONE or /BACKUP by
>adding /K0 after /CLONE or /BACKUP.
>
>E.g.,
>
>xxcopy f:\archive\ y:\data\f\archive\ /clone/k0 /yy/v2
>
>One minor drawback with this is that /K0 does not preserve
>the R-bit (Readonly attributes) as well as the C-bit (compress).
>
>Without the /KS switch (i.e., /K0), the C-bit of the copied file
>is determined by the C-bit of the (destination) parent directory
>(the R-bit is unconditionally reset).
>
>"mike"  wrote in message
>news:uchd13dfb5u3648kgnjr436p47sqt9e53f{at}4ax.com...
>> Ever since I installed the patch for the .ANI exploit on my Windows 2000
>> PC, one of the programs I use has been putting up an odd error message.
>>
>> http://www.xxcopy.com
>>
>> I've been using xxcopy to back up my disk.   I didn't have any problems
>> with it until I installed the patch this week.  To double check I
>> removed the patch, and xxcopy worked properly again.
>>
>> Now that I put the patch back in, I get the odd program behavior.
>>
>> Windows 2000, SP4, fully up to date with Windows Update.
>>
>> I now see this message from xxcopy whenever I run the program:
>>
>>
>>  This version of XXCOPY has never been tested
>>  in the current Operating System environment.
>>  You should acquire the latest version of XXCOPY
>>  from the XXCOPY web site (http://www.xxcopy.com).
>>
>>  Run this program at your own risk.
>>
>>  Press any key except  within 2 minutes to continue.
>>  Otherwise, the program will terminate automatically.
>>
>> Never saw that message before I installed the .ANI patch.
>>
>> I am going to try it on the other Windows 2000 system I have.
>>
>> /m
>>
>

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