Guest Dave D Posted February 4, 2008 Posted February 4, 2008 Good morning, I have a couple of questions on the Robocopy utility. Hoping someone can answer. I'm curious on how it copies files. If I copy an entire folder on one day and then copy it again a couple of days later, what gets copied the second time? I understand that the second copy doesn't replace already copied files that haven't changed. Will files from the source location that have been updated get copied and replace older files? And will files that have been updated on the target location get over written? Make sense what I am asking?? Thanks much..
Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] Posted February 4, 2008 Posted February 4, 2008 Re: Robocopy Dave D <djdeboer@hotmail.com> wrote: > Good morning, > > I have a couple of questions on the Robocopy utility. Hoping someone > can answer. I'm curious on how it copies files. If I copy an entire > folder on one day and then copy it again a couple of days later, what > gets copied the second time? Only the new/changed items, unless you specify otherwise with your command line parameters. > I understand that the second copy > doesn't replace already copied files that haven't changed. Correct. > Will > files from the source location that have been updated get copied and > replace older files? Yes. > And will files that have been updated on the > target location get over written? Again, this depends on your parameters. > Make sense what I am asking?? > > Thanks much.. Type robocopy /??? at a command prompt for a full list of options.
Guest Dave D Posted February 5, 2008 Posted February 5, 2008 Re: Robocopy Thanks much for the info. Very helpful.. "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> wrote in message news:ev8%23XbzZIHA.5348@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Dave D <djdeboer@hotmail.com> wrote: >> Good morning, >> >> I have a couple of questions on the Robocopy utility. Hoping someone >> can answer. I'm curious on how it copies files. If I copy an entire >> folder on one day and then copy it again a couple of days later, what >> gets copied the second time? > > Only the new/changed items, unless you specify otherwise with your command > line parameters. > >> I understand that the second copy >> doesn't replace already copied files that haven't changed. > > Correct. > >> Will >> files from the source location that have been updated get copied and >> replace older files? > > Yes. > >> And will files that have been updated on the >> target location get over written? > > Again, this depends on your parameters. > >> Make sense what I am asking?? >> >> Thanks much.. > > Type robocopy /??? at a command prompt for a full list of options. > > >
Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] Posted February 5, 2008 Posted February 5, 2008 Re: Robocopy Dave D <djdeboer@hotmail.com> wrote: > Thanks much for the info. Very helpful.. No prob. I loooove robocopy. > > "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" > <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> wrote in > message news:ev8%23XbzZIHA.5348@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> Dave D <djdeboer@hotmail.com> wrote: >>> Good morning, >>> >>> I have a couple of questions on the Robocopy utility. Hoping >>> someone can answer. I'm curious on how it copies files. If I copy >>> an entire folder on one day and then copy it again a couple of days >>> later, what gets copied the second time? >> >> Only the new/changed items, unless you specify otherwise with your >> command line parameters. >> >>> I understand that the second copy >>> doesn't replace already copied files that haven't changed. >> >> Correct. >> >>> Will >>> files from the source location that have been updated get copied and >>> replace older files? >> >> Yes. >> >>> And will files that have been updated on the >>> target location get over written? >> >> Again, this depends on your parameters. >> >>> Make sense what I am asking?? >>> >>> Thanks much.. >> >> Type robocopy /??? at a command prompt for a full list of options.
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