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Old March 12th 18, 05:09 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Default Extract Only Files of a Specified (I Specify) Date

Hi,

One of my desktop PCs has one NTFS HD "split" into two logical
drives (C: and D. WinXP installed on both C: and D: and this is
a Dual Boot system.

I booted up WinXP on D: partition/drive and used WinZip V7.0 (old) to
"zip up" the 3 main WinXP folders on C: drive (and vise versa)..

Recently I wish I could extract every FILE from "Documents and Settings"
of a SPECIFIED DATE (all other files of a different date are ignored).

Note: I would allow (temporary via "Folder Options") hidden folders and
files to be "seen".

Does anyone know of a utility (willing to buy) that can only extract files
from "Documents and Settings" that are of specified (I specify) date?

This does NOT have to be a compression utility such as WinZip, FileZilla,
etc, However, if a new compression utility has this feature, I am willing to
buy it.

Thank You in advance, John

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Old March 13th 18, 06:25 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
JJ[_11_]
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Default Extract Only Files of a Specified (I Specify) Date

On Mon, 12 Mar 2018 11:09:00 -0500, wrote:
Hi,

One of my desktop PCs has one NTFS HD "split" into two logical
drives (C: and D. WinXP installed on both C: and D: and this is
a Dual Boot system.

I booted up WinXP on D: partition/drive and used WinZip V7.0 (old) to
"zip up" the 3 main WinXP folders on C: drive (and vise versa)..

Recently I wish I could extract every FILE from "Documents and Settings"
of a SPECIFIED DATE (all other files of a different date are ignored).

Note: I would allow (temporary via "Folder Options") hidden folders and
files to be "seen".

Does anyone know of a utility (willing to buy) that can only extract files
from "Documents and Settings" that are of specified (I specify) date?

This does NOT have to be a compression utility such as WinZip, FileZilla,
etc, However, if a new compression utility has this feature, I am willing to
buy it.

Thank You in advance, John


Total Commander (TC) file namager (shareware) can select files based on
their date and/or time including other file properties. It also has built-in
ZIP support for packing and unpacking archives. Other archive formats such
as 7z, RAR, etc. can be added via packer plugins.

But you might want to try free TC clones first, because they likely to have
the same set of features.

Double Commander (recommended; has TC-compatible plugin support)
https://doublecmd.sourceforge.io/

Free Commander (recommended; has TC-compatible plugin support)
https://freecommander.com/en/summary/

Multi Commander
http://multicommander.com/
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Old March 13th 18, 08:28 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
No_Name
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Default Extract Only Files of a Specified (I Specify) Date

SNIP
Total Commander (TC) file namager (shareware) can select files based on
their date and/or time including other file properties. It also has built-in
ZIP support for packing and unpacking archives. Other archive formats such
as 7z, RAR, etc. can be added via packer plugins.

But you might want to try free TC clones first, because they likely to have
the same set of features.

Double Commander (recommended; has TC-compatible plugin support)
https://doublecmd.sourceforge.io/

Free Commander (recommended; has TC-compatible plugin support)
https://freecommander.com/en/summary/

Multi Commander
http://multicommander.com/


Hi JJ,

I downloaded TC (shareware). I don't mind paying for it if it
does what I want.

I will report back later after I try it out.

Thanks again, John

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Old March 14th 18, 01:57 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
No_Name
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Default Extract Only Files of a Specified (I Specify) Date

SNIP
Total Commander (TC) file namager (shareware) can select files based on
their date and/or time including other file properties. It also has built-in
ZIP support for packing and unpacking archives. Other archive formats such
as 7z, RAR, etc. can be added via packer plugins.

But you might want to try free TC clones first, because they likely to have
the same set of features.

Double Commander (recommended; has TC-compatible plugin support)
https://doublecmd.sourceforge.io/

Free Commander (recommended; has TC-compatible plugin support)
https://freecommander.com/en/summary/

Multi Commander
http://multicommander.com/


Hi JJ,

I downloaded TC (shareware). I don't mind paying for it if it
does what I want.

I will report back later after I try it out.


UPDATE:

I did not use TC.

ALTERNATIVE:

Note: This is only a one time task (harvest/copy files of a specified date
from "Documents and Settings" folder tree).

I have "FM" (Files Manage for Dos) that has many features including
"harvest". It automatically enters every sub-folder in a folder tree to copy
files of a specified date or type, but using WinXP's "Command Prompt"
has a limitation. You can NOT go to the deepest sub-folder in "Documents
and Settings" (causes a "directory change error").

This was the reason I posted the original message/request.

SOLUTION:

Note: I have old PCs with Win98 & Win95, etc. I remembered that
Win98's "Dos Prompt" allows you to do some things that you can NOT
do using WinXP's "Command Prompt". One of those "things" is, you can go
into the "deepest" sub-folder.

Therefore, I "zipped up" "Documents and Settings", put it on a USB flash
drive, put it in a Win98 PC, and I was ABLE to "harvest" every file
of a specified date from the "Documents and Settings" tree.

John

 




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