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RoboCopy slower than Xcopy? (Windows 10)
I'd been using xcopy in a backup script but every so often xcopy would fail with "insufficient memory" when a pathname would sneak into the backup set that exceeded 254 characters. Lots of ...
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Is there Windows copy command that mimic Unix `cp -r` behavior?
I don't know how to name this behavior vividly, just call it loyalcopy.
Two figures will illustrate it clearly.
I'd like to issue two commands to copy two filesystem nodes (regardless it is a file ...
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Purpose of xcopy over robocopy
From what I've found online, robocopy seems to be xcopy with more features; are there any scenarios where someone would want to use xcopy over robocopy?
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Copy files except when destination modified in last x days
I think what I am trying to do is simple, but I can't get the robocopy settings right, as I am trying to copy files from src to dest, over-writing files in dest if they already exist, except if ...
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How rename files copied via Robocopy if it exist but with different modify date
I'm using Robocopy to copy files from a folder to another, i think my code will overwrite the file if it was existing on the destination folder and the timestamp was different, what im trying to do is ...
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How to schedule a backup for only the new added files?
I'm a Windows user and wondering: how can I do a backup for the files on a specific folder if the files are not older than x days? Or to backup only the newly added/modified files without doing a full ...
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XCOPY only files from a parent folder and from all its subforlders to a new folder in Windows?
I was searching a lot of times how to copy all the files of different extensions from a folder and all its subfolders to a new folder without copying the folders itself using Batch File. I mean ONLY ...
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Robocopy Hangs / Gets Stuck - Move to Next File Command/Timer?
I have an issue when I utilize Robocopy. I have a fairly homogeneous directory and I am trying to move it from one drive to another. The drive where the files reside must be corrupted. I would ideally ...
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How to copy entire folders/directories in command prompt?
My laptop isn’t booting, so I’m running a Windows ISO off a DVD and attempting to backup some files to an external hard drive plugged into the USB via Command Prompt.
With command prompt I can enter ...
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Copying files based on creation/modified date
I have a question about backing up files from the command line. We have a shared folder (stored on one of the computers) in the office containing several thousand files and subfolders. Until now, I've ...
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Moving files to FTP in batch file and delete source files
I need to create batch script for copy files from PC to FTP server. After copy - delete all files from source. And in destination directory overwrite all existing files.
I found many solutions, but I ...
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Copy files with full relative path in Windows
I have a large set of files (45,000+) in a pretty complex folder structure. I extracted a subset of ~13,000 files and their paths (relative to the root folder) that I want to copy with the original ...
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Attempt To Use Batch Files While Keep Structure
I wanted to use robocopy, but it is not possible due to my text file has filenames attached.
I ended up have to use copy instead.
I wanted to copy files like this...
Source: S:\folder\A\B\C\D\E\...
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xcopy invalid parameters - copying all files in folder
for /R "c:\" %f in ("*.pdf") do xcopy %f "%USERPROFILE%\all\text" /s /c /d /e /h /i /r /y
This is the command I am using to copy all of the .pdf files on my computer into one folder. However, it does ...
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Copy subfolders and their content up one level?
Right now I have the following structure
Folder 1\
-Apr2007\folder 1
\folder 2
\folder 3
-May 2007\folder 23
\folder 24
\folder 25
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