Suggestion for USB flash syncing to carputer - Page 2

aoLhaTer · 09-05-2005, 05:27 PM

The copying to the car pc is no problem, thats simple
Its the copying from the host computer to the USB drive that's difficult

That's where I want it to transfer only files that are new since the last transfer occurred

Dont worry about the autorun thing, theres several programs available that will do it for USB drives

frodobaggins · 09-05-2005, 05:28 PM

Oh, ok, explain better then.

thanatos106 · 09-05-2005, 05:30 PM

Thanks.

Thanatos.

BTW what about some patches?? J/K

no rush.

frodobaggins · 09-05-2005, 05:35 PM

For others:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...ntry/91525.asp

Code:

0x1	Disables Autoplay on drives of unknown type.
0x4	Disables Autoplay on removable drives.
0x8	Disables Autoplay on fixed drives.
0x10	Disables Autoplay on network drives.
0x20	Disables Autoplay on CD-ROM drives.
0x40	Disables Autoplay on RAM disks.
0x80	Disables Autoplay on drives of unknown type.
0xFF 	Disables Autoplay on all types of drives.

Look at that like a binary number.
11111111 would be 0xFF or 255 Disable all
11011001 would disable all but cdrom and removable (D9 or 217)

thanatos106 · 09-05-2005, 05:40 PM

OK what about having copy2000 in the carpc point to the usb stick.... I think that would work just fine....(but I'm to lazy today to try it myself).

Thanatos.

aoLhaTer · 09-05-2005, 05:41 PM

Closest I could get to what I want is this

Code:

robocopy "G:\Music\Full Albums" "\Music" /S /Z /MAXAGE:14

Copies only files modified in the last 14 days

This works in some instances but still copies unneeded files

frodobaggins · 09-05-2005, 05:42 PM

Don't show me your solutions, explain what you want in detail !

aoLhaTer · 09-05-2005, 05:56 PM

I want a method to copy files from my host computer to my USB flash drive where the only files copied are files that are new since the last transfer

frodobaggins · 09-05-2005, 06:00 PM

ok, that takes a little more time, and I have a horrible headache
catch me tomorrow

aoLhaTer · 09-05-2005, 06:05 PM

Right o

Appreciate the effort

Enforcer · 09-06-2005, 05:44 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by aoLhaTer

I want a method to copy files from my host computer to my USB flash drive where the only files copied are files that are new since the last transfer

My program will update with new files only at present. The next version which I should release next week will also do files which have different modified dates (ie copy ones which have been modified since the ones currently there)

edrex · 09-06-2005, 05:47 AM

Here's my solution, might work for you.
I have a folder on my home PC's drive that is called "To Transfer". It has sub folders called "Music" and "Movies". Anything I need on the car pc gets put into these folders first, and the autorun.bat is set up to copy them and put them on the flash dirve. Then I move them out of that folder and put them where I want them on the home PC's hard drive. Meanwhile, the flash drive gets put in the car, another .bat gets run and all the files go where they are supposed to go. Not automatic like you are looking for, but its easy to do and works alright for me.

aoLhaTer · 09-06-2005, 05:44 PM

I dont really want to keep track of what music is new since my last transfer and what music isnt, I just want it sorted out by the computer (may call that laziness but I call it utilization of available technology)

Frodo: feel up to the challenge today?

s003apr · 09-06-2005, 06:45 PM

If we are talking about "syncing" and not simply copying then we are talking about both the hd and flash drive being updated so that each contains the most recent version of each file. There are many programs that can do this, but I only know of one that can be set up to do this with a single click (or double-click) and that is Unison. It is a command line program so all that you have to do is set up a script to run the command.

aoLhaTer · 09-06-2005, 06:52 PM

Thats all well and good but as stated already I have a 512MB flash drive

How do you propose I store 40GB on 512MB?

Ive already stated what needs to be done, just have to figure out some way to do it