Recursively Backup Directories

[Aahz]

In article <slrnfvgthh.2dc.grahn+nntp at frailea.sa.invalid>,
Jorgen Grahn  <grahn+nntp at snipabacken.se> wrote:
>
>I believe it is better to write a script which drives a widely known
>and well-tested copying utility. On Unix these include tar, cpio and
>rsync -- don't know which ones are common under DOS (xcopy?)

Just use pax (I haven't bothered learning it because I haven't used
Windows in years, but it's the only cross-platform archive/copy tool
available).
-- 
Aahz (aahz at pythoncraft.com)           <*>         http://www.pythoncraft.com/

"It is easier to optimize correct code than to correct optimized code."
--Bill Harlan