tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2441850399540300710.post9036608571955049499..comments2024-02-17T03:47:06.818-08:00Comments on CraigBlog: Hobocopy Needs a New Daddy (or Mommy)Craig Anderahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17084199593129216563noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2441850399540300710.post-32610617078241715812011-02-28T09:37:15.000-08:002011-02-28T09:37:15.000-08:00@Amir - can you post your question to hobocopy@goo...@Amir - can you post your question to hobocopy@googlegroups.com? I prefer to answer questions there. Thanks!craig-anderanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2441850399540300710.post-21703638655253682072011-02-28T07:55:56.000-08:002011-02-28T07:55:56.000-08:00I use XP Home. My system can not execute HoboCopy!...I use XP Home. My system can not execute HoboCopy!! and it keeps showing the same message as preceded. Please help me with thatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2441850399540300710.post-47570399664792685402011-02-17T00:48:03.000-08:002011-02-17T00:48:03.000-08:00@GLotridge: sorry to hear you're having proble...@GLotridge: sorry to hear you're having problems. I'd like to direct discussion to the mailing list, which is accessible at http://groups.google.com/group/hobocopy. That way everyone can benefit from the discussion. Thanks!craig-anderanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2441850399540300710.post-62357528955410979292011-02-16T11:57:36.000-08:002011-02-16T11:57:36.000-08:00I have been unable to get long file names with spa...I have been unable to get long file names with spaces to work using subst. Using the drive letter created by subst on the command line with hobocopy causes COM failure 0x80042308 - .\HoboCopy.cpp (349) However, using the psuedo names such as c:\documen~1\username\my~\ does work. Working and failing command lines are identical with the exception of the source .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2441850399540300710.post-89060272626459198532011-01-28T10:42:15.000-08:002011-01-28T10:42:15.000-08:00Well, my efforts to find someone else to work on H...Well, my efforts to find someone else to work on Hobocopy pretty much failed, but that's okay: my new job lets me have time on Fridays to work on open source. So, as part of my effort to actually put some (not much, but some) time into Hobocopy, I'm moving it to GitHub, and I've started a mailing list at hobocopy@googlegroups.com. I'll direct future conversations there, since the comment thread on a blog post is a pretty bad medium for a support forum.craig-anderanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2441850399540300710.post-28732910256542660662010-05-05T02:29:34.000-07:002010-05-05T02:29:34.000-07:00RRow and Craig,
Another easy solution is to use D...RRow and Craig,<br /><br />Another easy solution is to use DOS like alias names reducing long names to 6 characteres + "~1" (as "1" the sequence of similar names). <br />I.e. instead "C:\documents and settings", use "C:\docume~1\..."<br />instead "C:\Program Files\Apple Software\...", use "C:\Progra~1\AppleS~1\...<br /><br />Here a full example:<br /><br />hobocopy /recursive /incremental /statefile=C:\Backup\LastBackup.dat /verbosity=0 /y /skipdenied C:\Progra~1\HIMSA\NOAHSy~1\Database C:\Backup\DataBackup\NoahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2441850399540300710.post-91257349010194286472010-02-26T02:25:58.000-08:002010-02-26T02:25:58.000-08:00I don't think you're doing anything wrong....I don't think you're doing anything wrong. IIRC, there's a bug in Hobocopy around dealing with paths with spaces in them. A workaround is to use subst or linkd to create an alias to the directory you want to back up. E.g. <br /><br />subst t: "C:\documents and settings"<br />hobocopy t:\ D:\craig-anderanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2441850399540300710.post-62930721579347885962010-02-25T17:33:09.000-08:002010-02-25T17:33:09.000-08:00I have an XP system with all updates and service p...I have an XP system with all updates and service packs. I am trying to get Hobocopy to copy my "c:\documents and settings\*.*" to an external drive, d:\. No matter what I do, with or without " ", it insists on trying to copy "c:\documents" to "and" and ignores the rest of the command line. What am I doing wrong?<br /><br />ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2441850399540300710.post-85755708822989953072010-01-13T11:24:05.000-08:002010-01-13T11:24:05.000-08:00I had trouble getting it to work, but have prevail...I had trouble getting it to work, but have prevailed using Server 2003, 2008. BTW Joshi you can specify a filename within a folder and copy just one file. I am a SysAd, not a programmer. Hobocopy is the best solution I have found for backing up files that are locked (ie. QuickBooks). It would be nice if it worked out of the box on all standard systems. Thanks for sharing Craig. I hope someone steps up to help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2441850399540300710.post-75179919315718884332009-12-28T12:34:16.000-08:002009-12-28T12:34:16.000-08:00FYI.. Works with Windows 7. Just had to copy: Hobo...FYI.. Works with Windows 7. Just had to copy: HoboCopy.exe & HoboCopy.pdb to C:\Windows\System32. Once copied, commad.exe was able to see the HoboCopy tools.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2441850399540300710.post-53554015022295084302009-12-05T09:03:58.000-08:002009-12-05T09:03:58.000-08:00Same operating system? Is the Volume Shadow Servic...Same operating system? Is the Volume Shadow Service running? What happens if you run it with the /verbosity=4 switch?craig-anderanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2441850399540300710.post-80870202084218527482009-12-05T08:46:47.000-08:002009-12-05T08:46:47.000-08:00Hobocopy worked fine untill I reinstalled windows ...Hobocopy worked fine untill I reinstalled windows to my other partition it now refuses to work the same way it did before, wont copy at all.<br /><br />Eg. hobocopy is now in my other partition I call it from there, it fires up and everything but just says 0 files copied.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2441850399540300710.post-44302105620430509192009-10-29T01:28:54.000-07:002009-10-29T01:28:54.000-07:00it took a few attempts before i fully understood t...it took a few attempts before i fully understood that hobocopy.exe needs to be in the base directory of my C:\ drive, and that i could not copy a specific file from my temp file, rather i had to copy the whole folder and sort through that. This was no big deal and the program has done EXACTLY what i needed in the end!! <br /><br />I thank you very much craig!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2441850399540300710.post-73602749748646346502009-02-16T06:52:15.000-08:002009-02-16T06:52:15.000-08:00I certainly would have preferred to do it in C#, b...I certainly would have preferred to do it in C#, but unfortunately a bug in the COM objects that are required to make shadow copies make that impossible. The best one could do would be to wrap the API with a C#-friendly C++ layer. But as I stated, even if I thought that was worthwhile, my available time does not allow me to do that right now.craig-anderanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2441850399540300710.post-27646940300105043132009-02-16T05:57:17.000-08:002009-02-16T05:57:17.000-08:00what happened to this?
and:
OPINION: make this in...what happened to this?<br />and:<br /><br />OPINION: make this in c# means cut off with all win2000 / XP without .NET pack ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2441850399540300710.post-50207106285366105702008-08-09T08:13:58.000-07:002008-08-09T08:13:58.000-07:00Hobocopy needs to be somewhere Windows can find it...Hobocopy needs to be somewhere Windows can find it. Either change to the directory hobocopy is in or put in in your PATH somewhere.craig-anderanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2441850399540300710.post-43566701717190117462008-08-09T07:56:51.000-07:002008-08-09T07:56:51.000-07:00hobocopy not recognized as an internal or external...hobocopy not recognized as an internal or external program or batch file?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2441850399540300710.post-7380329844727597942008-07-26T11:27:27.000-07:002008-07-26T11:27:27.000-07:00It is, as you guessed, a command-line tool. Genera...It is, as you guessed, a command-line tool. Generally, command-line tools are invoked either from a command shell (Start->Run->cmd.exe) or from a script of some sort. Hobocopy has no GUI, and as such isn't really intended to be used by simply double-clicking on it. <br /><br />Yes, the documentation sucks. Sorry about that. To get started, try firing up cmd.exe and doing something like this: <br /><br />hobocopy /r C:\directory\I\want\to\copy\from C:\directory\I\want\to\copy\to <br /><br />Obviously, replace those fake directories with the ones you want to use. You can run hobocopy /? to get a bit more detail.craig-anderanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2441850399540300710.post-4778012567589705642008-07-26T10:24:16.000-07:002008-07-26T10:24:16.000-07:00How does this work? Does it work at all? All I can...How does this work? Does it work at all? All I can see is a brief flash of a command line (I think that is what it is) and then... nothing. Woild like some detailed instructions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com