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Does Robocopy Keep a Log File by Default?
I copied a huge number of files using Robocopy, and recived a note at the end that two files failed. I didn't set a switch to save a log file.
Is there a log file saved in a default location ...
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What is the benefit of copy over xcopy on the command line?
I know that xcopy has more options however is there some benefit to using copy rather than xcopy?
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How can I copy files from A to B, only including files that exist in B?
Maybe could be hard to explain, but I'll!
I'm on Windows 7 Professional, and this is my scenario :
Folder "Asd" (C:\) Folder "Asd" (D:\)
File 1 File 1
File 2 ...
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How to use Volume Shadows Copy and Robocopy on Win7?
I’d like to backup my system with Robocopy and Powershell, but Robocopy is not able to copy open files. Volume Shadows Copy seems a solution but I can’t find any clear and simple explanation on how to ...
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Robocopy does not copy the root folder and its time stamp
Robocopy does not copy the root folder and its time stamp - it copies all subdirectories and files (when the appropriate options are set) and there seems to be no option/argument to tell Robocopy you ...
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Which file does robocopy copy first?
In my C# application, I am using robocopy for with option /s for copying sub folders also.
Suppose I have files & folders from the last month.
Which file will it copy first, the latest one or ...
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getting “Invalid Parameter #10” when attempting to copy folder using robocopy
I'm trying to copy a folder on my internal hard drive to my external hard drive using robocopy with the following command:
robocopy "source folder" "destination folder" *.* /E /DCOPY:T /COPYALL ...
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Robocopy on network as part of a pipeline
I have the following pipeline:
[other vendor] sends files to my Windows filesystem, which are indexed starting with the next unused number (normally file.001)
I move the files with RoboCopy to my ...
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What is the fastest way to mirror a directory tree on a DVD to a local hard disk in Windows 7
Recently I had DVD with a folder that contained over 83,000 files and folders. When I went to mirror this folder onto a local harddrive with ROBOCOPY I quickly discovered that more than an hour had ...
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Why does this Robocopy command make files hidden and how can I unhide them?
I am trying to make a backup to an external HD using Robocopy. I am wondering why it makes the destination directory hidden and subsequently why I can't unhide it? Note: I'm new to the Windows ...
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Robocopy error 6000, Specified File could not be encrypted
I am trying to copy files from a laptop on Win7 to a desktop on XP. Typically the files on the laptop are encrypted, files on desktop are not.
When copying encrypted file from laptop to desktop ...
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How to wake a network drive from batch script?
I have a batch script which runs a robocopy. It is failing because the drive is not awake.
In windows explorer, doubling clicking on that icon "wakes" up the link and the cross disappears and the ...
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CMD MOVE can't replace directories in WIN 7
The MOVE command does not work when to ovewrite a directory. I have also tryed to run cmd with admin rights.
I'm posting this question with more info so you can easily test it self.
Make your own ...
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“Access denied” when trying to move a directory in Windows 7 [closed]
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Access denied, cmd move windows 7
I can't use this command in Windows 7 when I want to move a directory. If the destination exists, it says "Access denied".
Why does ...
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Access denied, cmd move windows 7
I can't use this command in win 7 when want to move a directory if the destination exists. It says Access denied. Why hapens this? It worked in XP.
move /y "%1" c:\mydir\
I can use robocopy, but ...
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Windows Junction / Move File Issues
I am working on a computer where I am moving C:\Users\User to D:\Users\User and I am going to create a junction. All files moved successfully during the move except:
My Pictures
My Videos
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Robocopy ignores /D switch
I am trying to use robocopy to move files from a source directory to a destination directory. The problem is that an inetpub mail process monitors the destination directory, and quickly locks and ...
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Are junctions affected if the drive is formatted?
I was trying to relocate my user profiles, so that they are not affected by any problems occuring in the drive on which the operating system is stored. I've managed to move user profiles using ...
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Only output header and summary with robocopy.exe
I'm using Robocopy and just want it to output the header and summary, hiding everything else. I've looked at the Robocopy syntax and have tried: /NC /NFL /NS /NDL /NP
However I'm still getting this:
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Copy with SynchronizeIt, corrupted files when source downloaded with FlashGet/Orbit
System : Windows XP Pro SP3
Hard disk drive : 2 x Western Digital "Blue" 640GB in RAID1 array (mirrored), NVidia controler (from the motherboard)
Partition type : NTFS with 4KB clusters
Hi,
I use ...
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Robocopy copying files from source to destination in backup mode and with file security permissions intact
I need to utilize robocopy to mirror files and folders from one shared location to another shared location, in restartable backup mode with security permissions.
My current command is:
robocopy ...
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What does robocopy mean by tweaked, lonely and extra?
The robocopy documentation for the option /it is simply Includes "tweaked" files. What does tweaked mean?
The robocopy documentation for the option /xl is simply Excludes "lonely" files and ...
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Copy files from FAT32 to NTFS, preserving date
I have a FAT32 flash drive full of old archived emails, and their creation/modification date is important because it represents when the email was received. I'm trying to copy these over to another ...
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Robocopy and fragmentation
While copying large number of files, it's quite often to use multiple threads with RoboCopy (/MT[:n] option). Can this cause fragmentation on the destination drive? Sometimes I use Beyond compare for ...
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Freebsd (Freenas 8) and robocopy gives Error 5 Time-Stamping Destination File WHy?
I have a NAS running FreeBSD/FreeNas 8. When I copy files from a windows system to it via SMB/CIFS normally (explorer/copy) it all goes fine. User can create/delete/update files
When i attempt the ...
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Robocopy unilog output is gibberish
I tried to get robocopy in Windows 7 to generate a Unicode log, since I have files with Unicode characters. The command I used:
robocopy C:\mysource D:\mydest /mir /unilog:backup.log /tee
File the ...
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command line remove read only flag on all subfolder entries or overwrite read only files with robocopy
I need one of two things to work:
I use robocopy to copy all sub-files and sub-folders from one folder to another, and the destination contains older files + files not in the source, and I need the ...
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How to robocopy with progress logged to console only?
I want to run RoboCopy that will update the console with % progress but not clutter the log file with % progress.
The following RoboCopy command will perform the desired copy and append logging ...
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Getting ROBOCOPY to return a “proper” exit code?
Is it possible to ask ROBOCOPY to exit with an exit code that indicates success or failure?
I am using ROBOCOPY as part of my TeamCity build configurations, and having to add a step to just silence ...
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Which tool to use when making a complete dump of the sysvol in Windows XP
I have tried both robocopy and hobocopy.
Robocopy lacks the use av shadow volume copy so it always gets stuck on system files, you need to supply an ever growing list of filenames/directories to ...
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Using Robocopy I am get a several \.Thumbnails subdirectories
The script I created is as follows:
robocopy "\\SKYPARK01\Data" "\\DATASERVER\Backups\ASI\ASI Archives\Data" /E /XO /XA:SH /R:2 /W:10 /LOG:"\\DATASERVER\Backups\ASI_Data.txt" /NFL /TEE
On the log ...
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backup file to NAS device
I have a WD Sharespace storage device at home. link
I currently backup my live servers files to a PC of mine at home.
I do this once daily using RoboCopy and a scheduled task.
I use this robocopy ...
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Using Robocopy for file rotation
I am looking for a way to use robocopy to rotate log files. Currently I have a batch file using robocopy to copy files and log the results to a specified folder location. What I would like to do is ...
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robocopy can’t find newly zipped file for copy
I am working with a batch file that is being used to copy files from several remote servers to one central repository using robocopy. I am trying to zip the contents of a folder and then copy it but ...
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robocopy /mir problem
i am using robocopy to take backup from one folder with following syntax
robocopy "source" "destination" /mir
but the issue i am facing is
if file is in destination but not in source, its ...
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How do I use psexec and robocopy together in order to copy a directory over to a remote machine?
Hi I'm trying to form a psexec (or perhaps robocopy?) command which will allow me to use given account credentials to copy a directory over to a remote machine. I'd prefer to use robocopy, but the ...
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Robocopy Mirror Backup gone awry
I have created a simple batch file script for running Robocopy. It is set to make a backup of my user account folder to my external hard drive.
Here's the parameters for Robocopy:
ROBOCOPY ...
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Mirror/Backup from SSH/SFTP to Windows
What I am trying to do is mirror a directory (recursively) from a server I can SSH/SFTP to, to a Windows machine. I want to do this as part of a script, so it can be automated.
I only want to copy ...
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Delete dupe files from source, move only missing across to target in Robocopy
We copied all our files to a new storage server recently. We didn't want to move at the time because we weren't sure if files would get lost.
The problem now is that we have files on both places.
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Robocopy to a drive connected to a wlan router fails
I have a wireless router and an USB hard drive connected to it. Basic file access on the command line and Explorer works flawlessly after having set up some options on the router and mapping to some ...
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Why does Robocopy work once and then ignore all files the next time?
I used the following command:
Robocopy c:\source c:\backup /MIR /XD .svn
Then I deleted c:\backup and did it once again. This time it ignored all files and copied nothing.
Why is that?
How do I ...
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Problems with Robocopy
How shall I put this...
It's like: you can tell robocopy: "move the contents of this map to that map".
But you can't say: "move that map to that map, no matter the contents"(to be content of that ...
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How to abort robocopy on first error
When using robocopy windows utility, what flags do I set so that robocopy aborts on the very first error it sees, similar to xcopy /dry command?
I need to mirror two dirs, and on occasion some files ...
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Access denied error with robocopy as admin [closed]
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Robocopy permission denied
When trying to run the following command
robocopy d:\directory \\server\directory /S /XO /COPY:DT
I get an access denied error. I am ...
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Simple robocopy script to backup a harddrive not working
I am trying to run robocopy to backup my whole harddrive
This what I have so far
robocopy f: G:\Backup\f\ /E /R:2 /ZB /DCOPY:T /SL
The problem I have is that I seem to be geting into a loop where ...
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Incremental/Differential Backup on Windows
What's the easiet way to perform an incremental/differential backup to a network share in Windows?
Does a Robocopy/Xcopy solution work reasonably well (I need to the parameters!) or is there a good ...
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Linux equivalent to robocopy?
It's kind of funny, there are a lot of ways in which Linux command line tools are vastly superior to Windows ones, but one thing I have not found an equivalent to is robocopy. Robocopy is way more ...
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Robocopy permission denied
Robocopy is preinstalled with Windows 7. I've used it many times in the past. I tried to copy a folder to a remote share with
robocopy c:\source "\\server\share\path" /s /r:2 /w:2`
As a result I ...
