ucopy is a utility program for Windows
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Description
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ucopyw20.zip   Copy/move new/chngd files +macros +log [VB3]

A Visual Basic program which requires VBRUN300.DLL and which
runs under Windows 3.1, on any hardware which supports 
Windows 3.1. This is an upgrade of ucopy v0.9 and v1.0 with
several user-suggested enhancements.

ucopy copies or moves new & updated files skipping unchanged 
ones, and ignoring those specified by you, e.g. *.TMP and *.BAK,
even when copying or moving all files (*.*). 

ucopy is a program which helps you to copy or move groups of 
files between directories. Of course, File Manager can perform 
this task, so why waste disk space and learning time on ucopy? 
ucopy is designed to perform operations where File Manger is 
inadequate or unable, and is particularly useful for:

1) Transferring files back and forth between two machines, so 
   that always the most up-to-date files are used: i.e. 
   "equalising" a directory tree on each machine.
2) Backing up data and 'state' information (e.g. *.INI, *.REG,
   *.DOC, etc) without wasting time copying unchanged files:
   ucopy will only copy files which are new or changed, and
   will skip the others. (Additionally you can also specify 
   files, filetypes and directories to ignore regardless.)
3) "Mirroring" a directory (tree) to a (floppy) disk or another
   directory (tree): can work recursively down a directory tree,
   and construct/expand that tree under the target directory.
4) Merging directories of files keeping only the most up-to-
   date files, (e.g. merging all your clip-art by using ucopy
   to move all the files into a single directory, thus 
   eliminating any old or duplicate files.)
5) "Refreshing" or updating existing files only, i.e. skipping
   unchanged and new files.
6) Automation: you can write scripts to carry out regular backups 
   automatically, with prompts and checks to see that the right 
   disk is being written to. Thus you do not have to remember 
   exactly which file(s) you've created or changed because every 
   file that needs to be backed-up, i.e. new and changed files, 
   will be copied, whilst those which do not require backing-up 
   will be skipped.
7) Logging: ucopy can record each action, whether interactive 
   or in a script, to a log file.


Licence and Disclaimer
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This program is "free software" in the sense that you may use it 
and copy it freely. The author retains copyright to the program 
however. You may not use this program as part of a program that 
is not "free software". You may not sell this program, although 
you may charge a (small) fee for copying and postage if you are 
a software distributor.

This program comes without warranty of any kind: use it at your 
own risk.

(ucopy does not change WIN.INI or any other setup file.) 


Installation
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Files included in UCOPYW20.ZIP are:
UCOPYWIN.EXE, UCOPYWIN.INI, UCOPYWIN.HLP, THREED.VBX, README.TXT.

To install ucopy do the following:

1.  Copy the following files:
	UCOPYWIN.EXE to any directory on your hard disk. 
	UCOPYWIN.HLP to the same directory as UCOPYWIN.EXE. 
	UCOPYWIN.INI to either your WINDOWS directory or 
	the same directory as UCOPYWIN.EXE.
	THREED.VBX to your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory, if you 
	do not have it already.
	VBRUN300.DLL to your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory, if 
	you do not have it already. (Note this file is not 
	supplied with the "zipped" copy of ucopy: you must 
	obtain it separately from wherever you obtained
	ucopy from.)
2.  Start Windows if it is not running.
3.  Start or switch to Program Manager.
4.  Make the group which you wish ucopy to be added to active. (Either choose 'Window' and then the group, or click in the group.)
5.  Choose 'File' from the menu bar.
6.  Choose 'New' from the menu.
7.  Choose 'Program Item' (the default).
8.  Choose 'Browse'.
9.  Search through your files until you find UCOPYWIN.EXE.
10. Select UCOPYWIN.EXE.
11. Choose it by pressing 'Okay'.
12. Press [ALT]+[D], then type "ucopy" (without the quotes).
13. Choose 'Okay': that's it!

Double click the ucopy icon to start it.

Press F1 for help: the help file contains all the information
you need.

You may wish to choose 'File' and 'Properties' from 
Program Manager to set ucopy's default working directory, 
and any Command Line Options that you require.

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Mark Summerfield
