@echo off cls echo. Created 9th April 2006 echo. **** Backup Routine to Network Hard Drive (N)**** echo. Strategy is to copy Myfiles folder completely. Overwrite old files with new ones. echo. Xcopy switches echo. /m - Copies all files with archive bit set. Turns off archive attribute. echo. /d - Copies files if newer than existing ones. echo. /s - Copies directories and sub directories except empty ones. echo. /e - Copies even if errors occur. echo. /y - Suppress prompts to overwrite a file. echo. DOS program so use 8 bit file names. ie Program Files directory becomes progra~1 echo Copying modified files to network drive (N:) xcopy d:\myfiles\*.* N:\myfiles /m/d/s/e/y xcopy d:\progra~1\*.* N:\progra~1 /m/d/s/e/y echo. Del switches (in order of use) echo. /P - Prompt before deleting echo. /F - Force deleting of read only files echo. /S - Delete specified files from all sub-directories echo. /Q - Quiet mode - no questions asked echo. /A - Selects files to delete based on attributes. : R S H A Pefix with - means NOT (eg won't be deleted) echo Deleting cookies del c:\docume~1\david\locals~1\history\*.* /F/S/Q/A:RSHA echo. echo ****All important files backed up to Network drive**** echo. echo ****All Done - BYE**** prompt $p$g