SMSync - a project done out of boredom

tricky1 · Basic Member Joined: 12 May 2005

I dont know if anyone will actually use this...but I was bored a bit ago...so I wrote a batch file that allows you to sync your SM or DWI Song Folders over your home network(if you have one). It is a batch file(.bat) which I have zipped with a readme. Basically what I did is have the batch file map the input (Network Path) as a drive. Then using the xcopy command(with some arguments) it copies from the network path to the local path. After which it disconnects the network drives.

Syntax: smsync <unused drive letter> <network path> <local path>
Example: smsync E: "\\Gateway\StepMania\Songs\" "C:\Program Files\StepMania\Songs\"

You MUST use quotes around BOTH Paths or you will endup with an error

If for some reason something goes wrong and you want to cancel the sync press CTRL+c then press Y for yes.

Download it: Here

tricky1
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n00b DDR Freak...

Cutriss · Staff Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002

Nice idea, but it could probably use a better name, since a lot of other people will probably do what I did, and think that you wrote a program which automatically syncs the simfiles with the music, as opposed to just keeping your files consistent.
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Sentient Mode is capable...

tricky1 · Basic Member Joined: 12 May 2005

Hmmm, I thought of that...but I couldn't think of any other names...so if anyone has some ideas post them here.
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Cutriss · Staff Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002

Also, I don't remember the method off the top of my head, but you might want to check the autoexec.bat methods from a Windows 98 emergency boot disk - they're set up so that they'll allocate the first available drive letter for the ramdisk and then refer to it after the fact. If you incorporate that into your batch, you won't need the first junk argument.
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