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Robocopy - what do these command line options mean?

What do the command line options for these 2 different robocopy scripts signify?

robocopy d:\ \\servername\F$\WEB2\ /e /xo /R:0 /W:0 /LOG:C:\backuplog.txt /NP

robocopy d:\ \\servername\myfolder\WEB2\ /mir /R:0 /W:0 /LOG:C:\backuplog2.txt /NP

I found these lines in a couple of BAT files on our web server, and I'd like to know how they differ from eachother. I know that the 2nd one is set up for data mirroring, .. though I'm uncertain about the 1st one.

Please advise.

Thanks!
- Yvan

SteveGTR

You can type robocopy /??? for command line option help.

SteveGTR

For instance (and I'm just looking at the help), the /e switch copies subdirectories even empty ones

Richard Quadling

robocopy
      d:\
      \\servername\F$\WEB2\
      /e
      /xo
      /R:0
      /W:0
      /LOG:C:\backuplog.txt
      /NP

robocopy
      d:\
      \\servername\myfolder\WEB2\
      /mir
      /R:0
      /W:0
      /LOG:C:\backuplog2.txt
      /NP

robocopy - the command
d:\ - the source
\\servername\f$\web2 and \\servername\myfolder\WEB2\ - the destination
/e - copy subdirectories, including Empty ones
/xo - eXclude Older files
/R:0 - number of Retries on failed copies: default 1 million
/W:0 - Wait time between retries: default is 30 seconds
/LOG: - output status to LOG file (overwrite existing log)
/NP - No Progress - don't display % copied.
/MIR - MIRror a directory tree (equivalent to /E plus /PURGE)

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65td

This link explains the switches, also robocopy /? from the command line lists the switches.
http://www.ss64.com/nt/robocopy.html

/E : Copy Subfolders, including Empty Subfolders
/XO : eXclude Older - if destination file exists and is the same date or newer than the source - don't bother to overwrite it.

/R:n : number of Retries on failed copies - default is 1 million.
/W:n : Wait time between retries - default is 30 seconds.

/NP : No Progress - don't display % copied.

/MIR : MIRror a directory tree - equivalent to /PURGE plus all subfolders (/E)

/LOG:file : output status to LOG file (overwrite existing log).

Hope that's what you were looking for.

Richard Quadling

65td read replies first?

IDEASDesign

ASKER

Thanks RQuadling! Your most recent response is exactly the information I was looking for.

Cheers,
- Yvan

Richard Quadling

/e is update, /mir is replicate

65td

Sorry RQuading, but when I took the question the relies were at ZERO!

Richard Quadling

Don't worry. That's normal here. Ask TeRReF. The number of times I put the same answer as him but mine gets there first.

65td

Looks like it's my browser dosn't refresh or you guys are way to quick to anwser.

Cheers

Richard Quadling

You did take a whole 7 minutes to answer!

;-)