Questions tagged [robocopy]
Robocopy (or "Robust File Copy") is a command-line directory replication command.
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Deleting Files Older than 30 Days with Robocopy
I want to delete files older than 30 days via Robocopy.
Robocopy C:\EmptyDir C:\FullDir /mir /MT /R:0 /W:0
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Robocopy: Copy all files in subdirectories within parent folder to a new folder
I've done some googling and although this seems to be a pretty straightforward process I have been unable to find code that works.
I have a folder with several sub-folders and sub-folders within them ...
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How to copy files from one drive to another while maintaining folder structure
I used an old program (rich copy) to copy files from one drive to another. The files have been created, as well as the directory structure, but due to some long file names and directory names some ...
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Incremental copy of log file content
I have a couple of log-files, growing one line at a time, as log files do.
The files are available via SMB network share.
I want to periodically copy these files. Since the network is rather slow and ...
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How to reverse the effect of robocopy junction link command used to change the directory of ProgramData from C to D?
I recently followed the following advise to free up space on my C Drive, however, I wasn't able to delete the ProgramData folder after executing the command below. Any idea how I can reverse the ...
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How to overwrite files using robocopy regardless of their last change date
I want my PowerShell script to take a backup of $destination directory, in $backup directory, but the newly created backup directory should be named $destination-{yyyy-dd-mm} where 'yyyy-dd-mm' is ...
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Robocopy Skipping All files Targeted
Good Afternoon,
I'm attempting to use robocopy with Powershell to recursively grab all files from sub-directories and moving them to one "root" directory. I tried doing this with copy-item ...
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Robocopy script to copy certain file names with space inbetween
I use the script to copy certain files with file name having space in between. I tried serveral options but still in vain. Please help
robocopy "Z:\Software\Microsoft Office" %userprofile%\...
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Robocopy from network drive doesn't skip duplicates
This is my robocopy line:
robocopy "\\network\Document\Migration" D:\Migration /S
As described here robocopy should skip files that have the same size, date and name.
First copy from ...
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Using Robocopy to copy files based on a word in the file name
So ok, I'm looking for a solution to scan a hard drive.
And look for folders in that hard drive that have #ARCHIVE#, and move said folders to a \nas\archive\
I know you can use Robocopy to copy files ...
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Can LastAccessTime be set to an old timestamp using PowerShell?
I am using PowerShell to create test files for testing the output of Robocopy logs. To get different combinations of newer and older files, I am setting the file timestamps in the source and ...
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Robocopy using a NO-IP address
I think I was unluck to explain what I need on my 2 first posts. Let's try one more time...
Just need to sync a folder from a computer in a different city. But I don't know how to tell robocopy to use ...
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Powershell New-PSDrive from remote computer
I'm here again with one more question.
As stated here, I sucessfully connected two servers to copy a lot of files. But the copy won't worked at all. It returns a lot of errors on files and folders ...
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Excluding multiple directories not working as expected with robocopy
I'm running the command:
robocopy /E /XJD E: D: /XD 'E:\$RECYCLE.BIN\' 'E:\System Volume Information\'
Which runs for a while but then gets stuck at:
2022/05/21 21:39:04 ERROR 5 (0x00000005) Copying ...
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Any way to remove the hidden attribute when robocopying from the root folder?
When I copy from the system root drive like this:
robocopy D: C:\users\localUser\pictures\CPics *.jpg *.jpeg *.png *.gif /e /MT:4 /R:0 /NP /SL /SJ /NFL /NDL /XA:o /B /LOG:"C:\Users\anton\...
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Robocopy destination folder not specified
I want to make a backup copy of an entire drive to a folder in an external drive but robocopy doesn't "see" the specified destination folder.
The idea is to update all the files and add the ...
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Network share access denied after STIG/CIS hardening in windows
I have one windows server from where I was running robocopy and it was working. The source was a network share from where I was copying some files to this windows server.
After implementing CIS/STIG ...
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Any way to copy only all the files in a folder, without the folders?
Any way to copy only all the files in a folder, without the folders?
I tried these to no avail (they copy folders too):
ROBOCOPY D:\SAMPLE D:\SAMPLE2 /IF *.* /E
ROBOCOPY D:\SAMPLE D:\SAMPLE2 *.* /E
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Restore file modification time from backup
Due to some careless copy/zip/unzip operations, all files in a folder and its subfolders had their last-modified time updated.
I would like to restore the correct file timestamp from an older backup.
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Is there Windows copy command that mimic Unix `cp -r` behavior?
I don't know how to name this behavior vividly, just call it loyalcopy.
Two figures will illustrate it clearly.
I'd like to issue two commands to copy two filesystem nodes (regardless it is a file ...
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Purpose of xcopy over robocopy
From what I've found online, robocopy seems to be xcopy with more features; are there any scenarios where someone would want to use xcopy over robocopy?
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Robocopy only copy folders modified in last 7 days. working on C drive, not on server?
I am trying to create a robocopy program which runs every Sunday and pulls in the last 7 days of folders (and its sub-folders). This is because the folder stores years worth of data so I only want to ...
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Can Robocopy sync Files in a Directory between two pcs, Modifications of files on both pcs, but want to keep newest modifications/files synced
So I am trying to keep a Minecraft Game Save Folder that is located in both PC A and PC B in sync. PC A and PC B will both access/modify the contents of the files in this folder periodically. I would ...
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Robocopy error: ERROR 5 (0x00000005) Changing File Attributes
Ugh. I've been using this command for years and am now getting this error:
robocopy m:\ e:\ /MIR /MT /R:1 /W:10 /XD m:$RECYCLE.BIN m:\temp\Backup m:.TemporaryItems "m:\System Volume Information&...
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How can I merge multiple folders and files to a new single folder?
I have a folder named SCENERY on drive F (F:\SCENERY). It contains several folders: A, B, C... etc. I would like to merge the contents of A, B, C... etc to another folder on drive F named BASEFILES (F:...
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Should my PC go to sleep while robocopying?
I noticed my PC goes to sleep while robocopying, so I' having to set the timer to a long time in Settings > Power&Sleep > Sleep.
I checked with the powercfg -requests command it it seems to ...
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Why does Robocopy skip a changed file if file length and file date are the same?
I've been using Robocopy for a while to create a (quick) backup of my disks. The exact command I use is robocopy /MIR /R:0 sourcedrive:\ targetdrive:\sourcedrivename .
This should create an exact ...
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Robocopy, what's the total time to run the copy?
Robocopy shows what seems to be the time it took to do the copy...but it shows two, which of the two is the right one?
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Why does Windows Explorer change the 'Folder Modify Time' when first accessing a folder after a robocopy?
I am attempting to use Robocopy to mirror a directory structure (/e) and keep created/modified/accessed times. This should be fairly simple with '/copy:DAT /dcopy:DAT' and appears to preserve the ...
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Robocopy behaviour (user profile folder) [duplicate]
I'm copying with robocopy the folder C:\users to D:\Backups with the following command:
robocopy "C:\users" "D:\Backups" /e /b /copyall /MT:32 /r:0 /w:0
Instead of copying the ...
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Robocopy created hidden directory at destination
I can't see the directory "Backup" in Windows Explorer, although I can navigate to it. The same is true for PowerShell. When I go to the root of the directory Dad and type ls I don't see it ...
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Is it possible for robocopy to always create destination structure if it's missing in monitor mode?
Setup:
Several measurement devices are wired to a local computer.
A python application runs on this computer to relay commands to the measurement devices.
Measurement devices produce and store ...
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Robocopy occasionally "forgets" to copy files
I use robocopy to copy modified files between my development machine and a server.
Source machine is Windows 10. Target machine is Windows Server 2016 Standard.
This is the command and parameters I ...
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does robocopy kill files while mirroring if read error?
my params is /mir /copyall /dcopy:t /z /v /tee /eta /unilog+ /mt:32 /r:3 /w:30
for example, some copying finishes ok
so, is read error "equal" no-file? will robocopy delete file at ...
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Robocopy Error 53 when not logged in. When logged in, Robocopy runs successfully
We run a nightly scheduled task that copies files from a local drive to a network share.
When I'm remoted in to this machine using any account, Robocopy runs fine. When I'm not logged in, Robocopy ...
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Using Robocopy for incremental backup to OneDrive connected as network share
I have OneDrive set up as a network share rather than syncing the local OneDrive folder. I'm trying to use robocopy on Windows 10 in a batch script which will run as a daily scheduled task to "...
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Why does robocopy fail this folder?
I have this weird folder in my windows 10 system drive, this doesn't seem to be a junction point so I don't know what it is, please see picture.
I am trying to copy it with robocopy from an admin CLI ...
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Is there any way to disallow Robocopy to download files from OneDrive to a local backup?
I hope you can help me. I currently use Robocopy to back up my OneDrive files to a local hard drive with the following command:
robocopy Location1 Location2 /MIR /W:0 /R:1 /REG.
It works great. ...
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Robocopy issues with cloud files
I’d like Robocopy to copy all useful data from a Windows system drive, but, for some reason, robocopy doesn't know how to tell apart certain OneDrive files (I guess Google drive and iCloud may have ...
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Robocopy command isn't backing up, is this command valid?
I'm trying to use Robocopy to incrementally back-up my project every 15 minutes, only if there are changes. I'm using Windows Task Scheduler to start the .bat file at start-up, and because I don't ...
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robocopy a specific directory and its contents but not the files on the same directory-depth
I have a folder structure like this:
R:\TOPFOLDER
├───Folder_1
│ │ other File.txt
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│ ├───!Downloads
│ └───other_Folder
├───Folder_2
│ │ other File.txt
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│ ├───!Downloads
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Can I recover Onedrive files from an old hard drive?
I need to recover some files from an old hard drive. They are in the Onedrive folder and seem to be offline (there’s a cross icon on them and show the O attribute when I do “attrib filename” with any ...
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Is there a way to tell robocopy to report in its log how many files it has overwritten?
I'm using Robocopy with the /MIR option to backup some directories periodically, and I would like it to output a log in which the summary can tell me how many files were overwritten (not just copied ...
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Any Robocopy GUI that can run from CMD in WinRE?
Please correct me if I'm wrong, I wish I were:
I'd like to use Robocopy from Command Prompt in the Windows 10 Recovery Environment (by booting to the WinRE and opening Command Prompt).
I learnt there'...
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Use robocopy to exclude directories containing a file
I'm using robocopy in a batch script to back up all of my files onto an external drive, but I want to exclude any folders that contain (directly) a file called ".nosync", so I can avoid ...
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How to improve remote backup
I need to backup a large file (>20GB) onto a shared folder through a wired LAN.
I have used ROBOCOPY with no buffer (/J) and multithreaded (/MT:64).
Nevertheless task manager measures no more than ...
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ROBOCOPY command gives me error if owner is set to group instead of user
I want to copy folder structure with permissions using this command: ROBOCOPY "source" "destination" /E /copy:DATSO /NP /MT. It works only if source folder is owned by the user ...
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Use robocopy to copy without attributes for files and directories
I'm trying to run robocopy to copy data but not copying attributes (timestamps are ok).
My first thought was to run with these switches: /copy:dt /dcopy:t
The way I interpret the documentation, those ...
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Why does calculating folder sizes with Robocopy.exe give me different results compared to Get-ChildItem?
I have this Function that takes a path input, and gives you the size of it. There are 3 different options you can choose from which are:
'GCI' - Get-ChildItem
'DIR' - CMD's DIR command
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Robocopy reporting wrong file count on log summary
I’m copying a folder with robocopy and it’s copying-over just fine. However, the file count reported at bottom is wrong (see picture)
To make sure it copied fine, I opened the log with Word and ...
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