Folder Snapshots

[admin]

I have many other ideas and the demand for this one does not seem to be too strong...

[Gabrielle]

Any news on this subject please?
I havent found yet a way to achieve my goal concerning the requested feature.

[bdeshi]

I would suggest paper folders, but seeing as they don't store file dates, the only other way is to "manually" create those shadow files using a script.

[Papoulka]

Check out Robocopy (part of Windows 7+) with it's "Create" flag. For example in a command window:

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robocopy C:\Temp1\ C:\Temp2\ /e /create /dcopy:t

will recreate the Temp1\ folder tree into Temp2\, including all files but making them zero-length, preserving date and time.

You can create the folder structure (without files) in XY via "Edit | Copy" and then "Edit | Paste Special | Paste Folder Structure".

[highend]

If you've already downloaded it, do it again, I've changed it so that it creates the deepest nested folders first and is now able to set each folder time correctly...

Not heavily tested...

01. Select only the src folder (do not enter it, just select it)
02. Invoke this .exe (after extracting it) from inside XY with a script

Like:

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run """<path to Folder Snapshot.exe>"" ""<curitem>""";

03. It'll ask for the destination folder where the files (and folders) from inside the source folder will be created
04. Hit ok and let it do it's job

Don't forget that your destination folder should be empty before you start this app...

[Gabrielle]

thanks, thanks, thanks!!!!
a small request for both solutions, tho:
- is it possible to have the source containing folder replicated? ie, all files be put under Temp2\Temp1, as per papoulka's example.
- a beep be played at the end of each operation?

besides, can one of you check if foldersnapshot.exe and robocopy.exe be run standalone on xp & vista machines? same speed? win 8.1 here, very fast machine.

thanks much, guys!!!!!

[highend]

is it possible to have the source containing folder replicated?
a beep be played at the end

Added.

FolderSnapshot.zip

Robocopy is available for Win XP as well (it comes preinstalled with Vista anyway). It's a command line tool so it should be standalone (as well as Folder Snapshot.exe). Speed? Robocopy will be faster on large source directories (I guess it's written in C / C++ instead of Autohotkey). I created a structure with 700 MB from SSD to SSD and it took about 2 seconds with Robocopy and Folder Snapshot.exe.

You have to use a bit of scripting to replicate the src base folder and to create the beep if you want to use robocopy though (I would offload it to a .bat file otherwise you'll block XY during the running of it).