Robocopy error, logs nothing

[Guest WB]

I'm having an intermittent issue with Robocopy where it occasionally does

absolutely nothing (at least according to my log files). I've seen this occur

when there is a bad parameter (am I wrong, or isn't the main purpose of

logging to log errors???). However I can run the exact same commands at a

later time and they work fine.

 

How can I find out if I have the latest version of Robocopy (one that

supports XP), and where can I obtain it? The copy I have came from the

Windows 2003 Resource Kit, which seems very old.

 

Thanks,

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Bill Baker

[Guest WB]

RE: Robocopy error, logs nothing

 

I forgot to mention: Looking at the timestamps in my logs, it appears that

the files are actually being copied (at least based on the elapsed time

between commands, and my estimation as to how long the copying process should

take), but no logging is occurring. Again, this is intermittent. I can run

the same commands over and over again right now and logging will work just

fine.

--

Bill Baker

 

 

"WB" wrote:

> I'm having an intermittent issue with Robocopy where it occasionally does

> absolutely nothing (at least according to my log files). I've seen this occur

> when there is a bad parameter (am I wrong, or isn't the main purpose of

> logging to log errors???). However I can run the exact same commands at a

> later time and they work fine.

>

> How can I find out if I have the latest version of Robocopy (one that

> supports XP), and where can I obtain it? The copy I have came from the

> Windows 2003 Resource Kit, which seems very old.

>

> Thanks,

> --

> Bill Baker

[Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Re: Robocopy error, logs nothing

 

WB <WB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I'm having an intermittent issue with Robocopy where it occasionally

> does absolutely nothing (at least according to my log files). I've

> seen this occur when there is a bad parameter (am I wrong, or isn't

> the main purpose of logging to log errors???). However I can run the

> exact same commands at a later time and they work fine.

>

> How can I find out if I have the latest version of Robocopy (one that

> supports XP), and where can I obtain it? The copy I have came from the

> Windows 2003 Resource Kit, which seems very old.

>

> Thanks,

 

You've definitely got the latest version, and it definitely works on XP.

I'd set up the robocopy job to log its output / results to a text file.

Typing robocopy /??? will give you all the parameters....I usually do

robocopy /??? >c:\filename.txt as it's otherwise so difficult to read.