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Robocopy Skipped File

I ran the following batch file to robocopy a directory from one drive to another:

ROBOCOPY %SORC% %DEST% /MIR /S /ZB /W:1 /R:1 /XA:HS /V /NP /LOG:%LOG%
@if errorlevel 16 echo ***ERROR *** & goto END
@if errorlevel 8 echo **FAILED COPY ** & goto END
@if errorlevel 4 echo *MISMATCHES * & goto END
@if errorlevel 2 echo EXTRA FILES & goto END
@if errorlevel 1 echo --Copy Successful-- & goto END
@if errorlevel 0 echo --Copy Successful-- & goto END
goto END

:END

pause

There are 884 skipped files about 85mb. I thought the /v switch would show me the location of those skipped files so I can make sure they aren't needed. Is there another way to determine which files were skipped?

Thanks!

oBdA

"Skipped" does not mean the files aren't in the target; "skipped" means that the files were not copied because they already existed in the target folder (same size, same date).
These files will show up with /v, and be tagged as "same".

cityofdekalb

ASKER

Does this apply to the same file in different folders? I did a search for "same" and go no results. Is there anything else I can check?

Thanks!

oBdA

What do you mean with "Does this apply to the same file in different folders?"
First copy, one file, target folder is empty, file class is "New File"; one skipped dir, because the target directory existed already:

  Options : /V /DCOPY:DA /COPY:DAT /R:0 /W:30

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                           1    d:\Temp\
100%        New File                   1        test.txt

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

               Total    Copied   Skipped  Mismatch    FAILED    Extras
    Dirs :         1         0         1         0         0         0
   Files :         1         1         0         0         0         0
   Bytes :         1         1         0         0         0         0
   Times :   0:00:00   0:00:00                       0:00:00   0:00:00

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Second copy, without changing anything,; file class is now "same", one skipped file (and the same skipped dir); "same" will only be logged with /v:

  Options : /V /DCOPY:DA /COPY:DAT /R:0 /W:30

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                           1    d:\Temp\
                  same                 1        test.txt

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

               Total    Copied   Skipped  Mismatch    FAILED    Extras
    Dirs :         1         0         1         0         0         0
   Files :         1         0         1         0         0         0
   Bytes :         1         0         1         0         0         0
   Times :   0:00:00   0:00:00                       0:00:00   0:00:00

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cityofdekalb

ASKER

This was a copy of a folder to a completely new location. There wasn't anything there to begin with. That's why I an confused by it skipped that many files but not showing the path for them since I had the /v switch turned on.

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