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maybe you can set those 2 files to readonly and then perform your copy in a batch file<br />
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attrib +r c:\dirB\File1.txt<br />
attrib +r c:\dirB\File2.txt<br />
your robocopy command
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maybe you can set those 2 files to readonly and then perform your copy in a batch file

attrib +r c:\dirB\File1.txt
attrib +r c:\dirB\File2.txt
your robocopy command

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I had no idea that the /xf switch could be used to exclude files from the destination. It worked perfectly! Thanks!
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I had no idea that the /xf switch could be used to exclude files from the destination. It worked perfectly! Thanks!

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Hello :)<br />
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Here's what I'd like to do:<br />
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Say I have &quot;c:\dirA&quot; that has lots of files and subdirectories. I want to mirror that directory to &quot;c:\dirB&quot;, adding new files/folders, deleting deleted files/folders, and updating changed files/folders. However, &quot;c:\dirB&quot; has two files in it &quot;c:\dirB\File1.txt&quot; and &quot;c:\dirB\File2.txt&quot; that I don't want deleted even though they are not in the source directory. Is there a way to do that with Robocopy? Any clever hacks you can think of to make this work?<br />
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Thanks!
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Hello :)

Here's what I'd like to do:

Say I have "c:\dirA" that has lots of files and subdirectories. I want to mirror that directory to "c:\dirB", adding new files/folders, deleting deleted files/folders, and updating changed files/folders. However, "c:\dirB" has two files in it "c:\dirB\File1.txt" and "c:\dirB\File2.txt" that I don't want deleted even though they are not in the source directory. Is there a way to do that with Robocopy? Any clever hacks you can think of to make this work?

Thanks!

Can I mirror a directory with Robocopy, but leave two files in the destination directory that aren't in the source?

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