Robocopy

Robocopy allows copying, mirroring, or moving of files and directories.

Robocopy makes use of the Windows Robocopy command. Learn more

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Properties

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Copy

Mode

The operation to perform on the source directory.

Options:

• Copy

• Mirror

• Move files

• Move files and directories

Source directory

Indicates the full path of the directory on which to perform the action.

Target directory

Indicates the full path to the destination directory.

Copy subdirectories

Copy subdirectories, excluding empty ones.

Include empty subdirectories

Copy subdirectories, including empty ones.

Restart mode

Copy files in restart mode.

Backup mode

Copy files in backup mode.

Number of retries

Indicates the number of retries on failed copies.

Time between retries

Indicates the wait time between retries, in seconds.

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Filter

File pattern

File(s) to copy. If no value is specified, all files (.) will be copied.

Exclude files

Excludes files that match the specified names or paths. Note that filename can include wildcard characters (* and ?).

Exclude directories

Excludes directories that match the specified names and paths.

Excludes changed files

Excludes changed files.

Excludes newer files

Excludes newer files.

Excludes older files

Excludes older files.

Excludes extra files and directories

Excludes extra files and directories.

Excludes lonely files and directories

Excludes lonely files and directories.

Includes same files

Includes the same files.

Includes tweaked files

Includes tweaked files.

Max file size

Indicates the maximum file size (to exclude files bigger than N bytes).

Min file size

Indicates the minimum file size (to exclude files smaller than N bytes).

Max age

Indicates the maximum file age (to exclude files older than N days or date).

Min age

Indicates the minimum file age (excludes files newer than N days or date).

Max last access date

Indicates the maximum last access date (excludes files unused since N).

Min last access date

Indicates the minimum last access date (excludes files used since N). If N is less than 1900, N specifies the number of days. Otherwise, N specifies a date in the format YYYYMMDD.

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Logging

Log file

Writes the status output to the log file (appends the output to the existing log file).

Overwrite file

Writes the status output to the log file (overwrites the existing log file).

List files only

Indicates that files are to be listed only (and not copied, deleted, or time stamped).

Log all extra files

Reports all extra files, not just those that are selected.

Verbose

Produces verbose output, and shows all skipped files.

Include source file timestamps

Includes source file time stamps in the output.

Include full path

Includes the full path names of the files in the output.

Log size as bytes

Prints sizes, as bytes.

Exclude file size

Indicates that file sizes are not to be logged.

Exclude file class

Indicates that file classes are not to be logged.

Exclude file names

Indicates that file names are not to be logged.

Exclude directory names

Indicates that directory names are not to be logged.

Exclude progress

Indicates that the progress of the copying operation (the number of files or directories copied so far) will not be displayed.

Include ETA

Shows the estimated time of arrival (ETA) of the copied files.

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Links

Wikipedia: Robocopy TechNet: Robocopy