Copying file differences

[corpen]

New to scripting and could use some help. I have a log file on a server 2008 machine that I need to copy every day and would like create a script that would take care of it for me. I actually only want the differences between each day to be appended to the copied file as a straight copy each day will slowly use up my memory. thanks

 

[hang-the-9]

Opening the file, searching for the differences and appending that to a file will probably take longer than just copying the file to another location.

Setup a scheduled task with a simple copy dos command.

 

[Ijack]

You could use something like diffutils ( http/gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/diffutils.htm ) to create a file containing the differences then just copy this to your destination. A simple scheduled job can do this automatically.