Compare and delete?

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Vic, you should ask Beyond Compare questions on the Scooter Software forums.
Regards, AB[/quote]

Ok, I'll ask on BC questions on the BC forums.

[quote]
Re your specific question, BC3 can certainly compare two disk structures - e.g. C:\ and D:.[/quote]

I did try but I must be doing something wrong because it's not working for me.

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Vic,
give that solution a try:

  1. Download freeware version of xxcopy
    http://xxcopy.com/download/xxfw3112.zip

  2. Unzip the archive and open a command-line in the appropriate subdir (32/64 bit)

  3. Install xxcopy to your system by calling:
    xxcopy.exe /install

  4. Start the removal command to find out if that is what you asked for:

xxcopysu.exe [i]{sourcepath$} {destpath$}[/i] /BS /RD /E /H /YY /PB

Example:

xxcopysu.exe D:\Source\ D:\Target\ /BS /RD /E /H /YY /PB
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Vic

I use a couple of 3-button buttons with the LMB invoking Opus built-in Sync and the RMB invoking Beyond Compare. The first button operates on the current top level folder which can, of course, be the root folder of a drive - e.g. C:. The second button operates on a selected folder.


LMB1 code:

@nodeselect Go "{sourcepath$}" DUALPATH "{dlgstring|Type a drive letter..|E}:\{sourcepath$|noroot}" LAYOUT=SyncLock

RMB1 code:

@nodeselect @nofilenamequoting @set dir={alias|homeroot}\utilities\BC3\ @set app=Bcompare.exe cd {$dir} {$dir}{$app} "{sourcepath$}" "{dlgstring|Type a drive letter..|E}:\{sourcepath$|noroot}"

LMB2 code:

@dirsonly @nodeselect Go "{filepath$}" DUALPATH "{dlgstring|Type a drive letter..|E}:\{filepath$|noroot}" LAYOUT=SyncLock

RMB2 code:
@dirsonly
@nodeselect
@nofilenamequoting
@set dir={alias|homeroot}\utilities\BC3
@set app=Bcompare.exe
cd {$dir}
{$dir}{$app} "{filepath$}" "{dlgstring|Type a drive letter..|E}:{filepath$|noroot}"[/code]

I use Beyond Compare portable. You will need to change the @set dir= definitions above to point to where your Bcompare.exe is located.
For the internal commands, I use a saved layout called "SyncLock" to activate the synchronise utility panel and force navigation lock on.
My default target drive is E: simply because that is where I keep my local backups. The commands allow overriding the default.

Regards, AB