Auto-copy files to local machine on login

January 24, 2008

We've got some support files for AutoCAD that we want to have residing

on each user's local machine while they're working in CAD. We've got

the master copies of the support files on a network share, but we

don't want to have AutoCAD always looking to the network for files (in

case users are working offline). How could I go about adding a login

script that would copy files from a network location to a known

location on the local machines, a sort of "syncing" of a folder, so

that everyone's always got the most up-to-date version of the files?

January 24, 2008

Re: Auto-copy files to local machine on login

"Coleman" <cmccormick@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> We've got some support files for AutoCAD that we want to have residing

> on each user's local machine while they're working in CAD. We've got

> the master copies of the support files on a network share, but we

> don't want to have AutoCAD always looking to the network for files (in

> case users are working offline). How could I go about adding a login

> script that would copy files from a network location to a known

> location on the local machines, a sort of "syncing" of a folder, so

> that everyone's always got the most up-to-date version of the files?

Add this command to your login script:

xcopy /y /c /d /s "\\YourServer\SomeShare\SomeFolder" "d:\AutoCad\"

January 24, 2008

Re: Auto-copy files to local machine on login

On Jan 24, 10:19 am, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I....@fly.com.oz> wrote:

> "Coleman" <cmccorm...@gmail.com> wrote in message

>

> news:a7600ca7-cb2e-4f93-ae58-e0572a07cc12@s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com...

>

> > We've got some support files for AutoCAD that we want to have residing

> > on each user's local machine while they're working in CAD. We've got

> > the master copies of the support files on a network share, but we

> > don't want to have AutoCAD always looking to the network for files (in

> > case users are working offline). How could I go about adding a login

> > script that would copy files from a network location to a known

> > location on the local machines, a sort of "syncing" of a folder, so

> > that everyone's always got the most up-to-date version of the files?

>

> Add this command to your login script:

> xcopy /y /c /d /s "\\YourServer\SomeShare\SomeFolder" "d:\AutoCad\"

Thanks, worked like a charm.

January 24, 2008