Backup script to copy IE Favorites etc

[sysadmin123]

I'm looking for a script that will basically run at login and copy the favorites of the user and any other files I might designate to each user's home folder which is always the U:\ drive.

Also I would need it to delete the previous save or overwrite it so it doesn't use up so much space.

Any suggestions

 

[markdmac]

You might want to rethink this a bit. If you make a backup copy and then delete it without verifying that it is OK to do so, then what is the point?

Suppose a user has accidentally deleted a bunch of favorites and did not notice. As they log off you delete the saved copy and copy back an empty or impartial list. What have you gained?

I would think it would be better to append any new or changed information to the users directory.

I would suggest you take a look at the free utility from Microsoft called ROBOCOPY. It is easily scripted in a batch file and has a very robust feature set.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

 

[sysadmin123]

Another question. I'm using Robocopy from the 2003 resource kit and I'm trying to use this script i got off the web to copy my favorites which I then hope to add this the the login script for all peopel in my domain. I think the spaces in "Documents and Settings is messing it up though this is what I have and it's not working.

@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL

SET _source=C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Favorites

SET _dest=U:\Favorites

SET _what=/COPYALL /B /SEC /MIR
:: /COPYALL :: COPY ALL file info
:: /B :: copy files in Backup mode.
:: /SEC :: copy files with SECurity
:: /MIR :: MIRror a directory tree

SET _options=/R:0 /W:0 /LOG:MyLogfile.txt /NFL /NDL
:: /R:n :: number of Retries
:: /W:n :: Wait time between retries
:: /LOG :: Output log file
:: /NFL :: No file logging
:: /NDL :: No dir logging

ROBOCOPY %_source% %_dest% %_what% %_options%

 

[sysadmin123]

I fixed my own issue...Need "quotes" around C and at the end of settings this work fine below.

@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL

SET _source="C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Favorites"

SET _dest=U:\Favorites

SET _what=/COPYALL /B /SEC /MIR
:: /COPYALL :: COPY ALL file info
:: /B :: copy files in Backup mode.
:: /SEC :: copy files with SECurity
:: /MIR :: MIRror a directory tree

SET _options=/R:0 /W:0 /LOG:MyLogfile.txt /NFL /NDL
:: /R:n :: number of Retries
:: /W:n :: Wait time between retries
:: /LOG :: Output log file
:: /NFL :: No file logging
:: /NDL :: No dir logging

ROBOCOPY %_source% %_dest% %_what% %_options%