Is there an easy way in dopus to copy a number of critically important but erratically scattered files (say some 50 files) all to one folder, and all a the click of a button? thx for any suggesions.
I don't know if this is the simplest solution but I use something similar to this.
Copy "c:\dos\file1.dat" TO "c:\backup"
Copy "c:\windows\file2.msg" TO "c:\backup"
Copy "c:\program files\file3.txt" TO "c:\backup"
Works a treat 
thx, works okay!
if you do this a second time, dopus asks for confirmation before it will replace the existing files, is there a way to bypass this?
[quote="LukeQ"]thx, works okay!
if you do this a second time, dopus asks for confirmation before it will replace the existing files, is there a way to bypass this?[/quote]
Again, I don't know if this is the best method but it works for me 
Copy "c:\dos\file1.dat" TO "c:\backup" FORCE
Copy "c:\windows\file2.msg" TO "c:\backup" FORCE
Copy "c:\program files\file3.txt" TO "c:\backup" FORCE
If the files are always the same, and don't move around, then you could create a collection and use the Opus synchronise command to copy/update to a target folder.
Regards, AB
thx, and yes, those files don't move around, there mostly config, ini, and various data files that for some obscure reason must reside on the C: drive and therefore prone to reformat problems ...
any chance of a quick example how you do that?
There's a good description of file collections in the online manual. See http://www.gpsoft.com.au/manual9/NetHelp/WordDocuments/filecollections.htm
Once you have your collection defined, use Tools --> Synchronise to copy/update to a target folder.
Regards, AB
thx AB, works great!