CopyCat

CopyCat will help protect your valuable software and files! It makes your repetitive copying/backup of files and/or folders easy. Just set up a simple script once and automate the process thereafter. You can even choose what part of a script you may want to execute.  Scripts are stored in Ini files and you may have any number of these.

CopyCat will copy files and/or folders to the destination you choose, with the option to exclude files and/or folders. The destination can be a folder or a compressed (Zip) file. Compressed files may have program-generated labels or labels of your choice. Compressed files may also be limited in size to to enable easy copying to CDs, etc. Sources and destinations can be on local or network drives. Source folders are copied retaining the hierarchy of folders, subfolders, and files. Destination folders and files may contain automatically-inserted date and/or time stamps to avoid overwriting previous results.

CopyCat will use either Standard, Differential, or Incremental copying.

• "Standard" copies all files that are specified as Source items or contained in folders that are part of Source items.
• "Differential" copies files selectively by comparing the "last modification" date/time of a file against the "Last Copy" date/time recorded in the script for that source item. Files that have equal or later "last modification" date/times will be copied. "Last Copy" date/time may be set manually and will be updated each time a copy occurs with Standard or Differential modes.
• "Incremental" copies files selectively by comparing the "last modification" date/time of a file against the "Last Copy" date/time recorded in the script for that source item. Files that have equal or later "last modification" date/times will be copied. "Last Copy" date/time may be set manually, but is not updated with this mode.

CopyCat has extensive scheduling capabilities to satisfy almost any requirement and can be used in conjunction with Windows Scheduler for even more flexibility. You can assign multiple schedules to Source items.

CopyCat records activities in a log file that can be viewed to check status. CopyCat also provides flexible searching capabilities for the log file. The  log file can be on-going or optionally cleared.

CopyCat has optional email notification of skipped files and errors, and optional email confirmation of operations to facilitate use on attended machines.

CopyCat is shareware. See Purchase a License for details.

4.1.0

• Add option to define files/folders to be excluded from source items.
• Add option to specify compressed file names.
• Add option to limit compressed file sizes.
• Add option to select font for main grid.
• Highlight item on main grid if any copy errors occur.
• Include "time" with "Last Copy".

4.0.28

• Correct problem with "Email Summary Format" (System Configuration) not properly initialized when starting new ini file.

4.0.27

• Upgrade compression capabilities, eliminating previous limits of 65,565 files and 4GB per archive. Processing will also be faster in most circumstances.
• Correct problem with "memory leaks" which could occur when copying large numbers of files on a scheduled basis.

4.0.23

• Correct problem with creating directories when source item includes a UNC address (\\XXXXX) and CopyCat is configured to include the source path in the destination path.

4.0.21

• Correct problem with schedule processing: if using "Process Only On Certain Date" with the "nth Day" option and this day fell on the first day of the month, the schedule did not execute.

4.0.19

• Add option to create folders when setting destination.
• Add option to copy hidden folders (Note Caution in the Help file.)
• Add additional validation on manually-entered "Last Copy Date".
• Enhance progress indicators when used compressed destination (file count added).
• Enhance progress logging to show percentages (every 10%) of completion rather than file numbers.
• Enhance EMail Alert Summary (System Configuration, Session Summary.)
• Add notice to log and EMail alerts when no files copied.
• Bug: Incorrect error logging on items after an item with a skipped file or error.

4.0.2 - 4.0.16

• Add the capability to receive EMail Error Summary and EMail Alert Summary information as an attachment rather than in the body of the email message.
• Bug: Option to update "Last Copy" date on matching Incremental and Differential items after a Standard copy was not working properly when using compression.
• Add capability to test EMail parameters
• Add additional protection against incorrect manually-entered destination
• Option to update "Last Copy" date on matching Incremental and Differential items when a Standard copy completed.
• "Hidden" folders will be skipped (bypassed) to avoid problems with certain system folders
• Incremental copy mode added
• Option to suppress error and file/folder skipped messages
• Tray icon did not disappear immediately when CopyCat terminated
• EMail Alert and Error messages sent after manual Abort
• Faster Abort when using compressed destination
• Optional email copy confirmation summary and email error summary

4.0

• New Main interface with toolbar, revised menu structure, and improved compatibility at different screen resolutions

• New system configuration methods and interface

  • Consolidated interface for all parameters

  • Recorded in log

• Many “ease of use” improvements

  • Capability to select multiple source folders

  • Consolidated source item configuration (“selected” and “all” items)

  • Open/Copy/save log files

  • “Abort” capability

  • Revised “Help” system

  • Enhanced log entries

  • Log search capability

  • and more ...

• Optional sound and email alerts on errors and skipped files

• Optional email confirmation of copy operations

• Optional date/time stamp insertion in destination file names (as well as folders)

• Destination free disk space logging and optional email reporting

• Bug: Files with hidden extensions

• Bug: Zip files in Windows XP

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