{"id":449,"date":"2020-01-29T11:14:52","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T16:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scheh.com\/?p=449"},"modified":"2020-05-27T13:55:43","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T18:55:43","slug":"robocopy-examples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scheh.com\/index.php\/2020\/01\/29\/robocopy-examples\/","title":{"rendered":"Robocopy Examples"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Copy User Profile Directory from One Computer to another, without copying junctions, recycle bins, or outlook folder in appdata.<\/h3>\n
IF NOT EXIST c:\\robocopy\\ md c:\\robocopy<\/pre>\n
robocopy \\\\old-computer\\c$\\Users\\user.name C:\\Users\\user.name \/E \/XC \/XN \/XO \/XJ \/XD \"$RECYCLE.BIN\" \"AppData\" \/R:1 \/W:1 \/log+:c:\\robocopy\\user.name-main.log<\/pre>\n
robocopy \\\\old-computer\\c$\\Users\\user.name\\AppData\\LocalLow C:\\Users\\user.name\\AppData\\LocalLow \/E \/XC \/XN \/XO \/XJ \/XD \"$RECYCLE.BIN\" \/R:1 \/W:1 \/log+:c:\\robocopy\\user.name-locallow.log<\/pre>\n
robocopy \\\\old-computer\\c$\\Users\\user.name\\AppData\\Roaming C:\\Users\\user.name\\AppData\\Roaming \/E \/XC \/XN \/XO \/XJ \/XD \"$RECYCLE.BIN\" \/R:1 \/W:1 \/log+:c:\\robocopy\\user.name-roaming.log<\/pre>\n
robocopy \\\\old-computer\\c$\\Users\\user.name\\AppData\\Local C:\\Users\\user.name\\AppData\\Local \/E \/XC \/XN \/XO \/XJ \/XD \"$RECYCLE.BIN\" \"Microsoft\" \/R:1 \/W:1 \/log+:c:\\robocopy\\user.name-localnomicrosoft.log<\/pre>\n
robocopy \\\\old-computer\\c$\\Users\\user.name\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft C:\\Users\\user.name\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft \/E \/XC \/XN \/XO \/XJ \/XD \"$RECYCLE.BIN\" \"Outlook\" \/R:1 \/W:1 \/log+:c:\\robocopy\\user.name-localnooutlook.log<\/pre>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Only copy missing files:<\/h3>
robocopy C:\\Source \\\\server\\Destination \/E \/XC \/XN \/XO \/XD \"$RECYCLE.BIN\" \/R:1 \/W:1<\/pre>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Syntax, Switches, and Options:<\/h2>
Syntax<\/span><\/h1>
  [[ ...]] [] \">robocopy   [[ ...]] []\n<\/code><\/pre>
Parameters<\/h2>
Parameter<\/th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
<\/td>Specifies the path to the source directory.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Specifies the path to the destination directory.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Specifies the file or files to be copied. You can use wildcard characters (*<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0?<\/strong>), if you want. If the\u00a0File<\/strong>\u00a0parameter is not specified,\u00a0*.*<\/strong>\u00a0is used as the default value.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Specifies options to be used with the\u00a0robocopy<\/strong>\u00a0command.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>
Copy options<\/h3>
Option<\/th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
\/s<\/td>Copies subdirectories. Note that this option excludes empty directories.<\/td><\/tr>
\/e<\/td>Copies subdirectories. Note that this option includes empty directories. For additional information, see\u00a0Remarks<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr>
\/lev:<\/td>Copies only the top\u00a0N<\/em>\u00a0levels of the source directory tree.<\/td><\/tr>
\/z<\/td>Copies files in restartable mode.<\/td><\/tr>
\/b<\/td>Copies files in Backup mode.<\/td><\/tr>
\/zb<\/td>Uses restartable mode. If access is denied, this option uses Backup mode.<\/td><\/tr>
\/efsraw<\/td>Copies all encrypted files in EFS RAW mode.<\/td><\/tr>
\/copy:<\/td>Specifies the file properties to be copied. The following are the valid values for this option:
D<\/strong>\u00a0Data
A<\/strong>\u00a0Attributes
T<\/strong>\u00a0Time stamps
S<\/strong>\u00a0NTFS access control list (ACL)
O<\/strong>\u00a0Owner information
U<\/strong>\u00a0Auditing information
The default value for\u00a0CopyFlags<\/strong>\u00a0is\u00a0DAT<\/strong>\u00a0(data, attributes, and time stamps).<\/td><\/tr>
\/dcopy:<\/td>Defines what to copy for directories. Default is DA. Options are D = data, A = attributes, and T = timestamps.<\/td><\/tr>
\/sec<\/td>Copies files with security (equivalent to\u00a0\/copy:DATS<\/strong>).<\/td><\/tr>
\/copyall<\/td>Copies all file information (equivalent to\u00a0\/copy:DATSOU<\/strong>).<\/td><\/tr>
\/nocopy<\/td>Copies no file information (useful with\u00a0\/purge<\/strong>).<\/td><\/tr>
\/secfix<\/td>Fixes file security on all files, even skipped ones.<\/td><\/tr>
\/timfix<\/td>Fixes file times on all files, even skipped ones.<\/td><\/tr>
\/purge<\/td>Deletes destination files and directories that no longer exist in the source. For additional information, see\u00a0Remarks<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr>
\/mir<\/td>Mirrors a directory tree (equivalent to\u00a0\/e<\/strong>\u00a0plus\u00a0\/purge<\/strong>). For additional information, see\u00a0Remarks<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr>
\/mov<\/td>Moves files, and deletes them from the source after they are copied.<\/td><\/tr>
\/move<\/td>Moves files and directories, and deletes them from the source after they are copied.<\/td><\/tr>
\/a+:[RASHCNET]<\/td>Adds the specified attributes to copied files.<\/td><\/tr>
\/a-:[RASHCNET]<\/td>Removes the specified attributes from copied files.<\/td><\/tr>
\/create<\/td>Creates a directory tree and zero-length files only.<\/td><\/tr>
\/fat<\/td>Creates destination files by using 8.3 character-length FAT file names only.<\/td><\/tr>
\/256<\/td>Turns off support for very long paths (longer than 256 characters).<\/td><\/tr>
\/mon:<\/td>Monitors the source, and runs again when more than\u00a0N<\/em>\u00a0changes are detected.<\/td><\/tr>
\/mot:<\/td>Monitors source, and runs again in\u00a0M<\/em>\u00a0minutes if changes are detected.<\/td><\/tr>
\/MT[:N]<\/td>Creates multi-threaded copies with\u00a0N<\/em>\u00a0threads.\u00a0N<\/em>\u00a0must be an integer between 1 and 128. The default value for\u00a0N<\/em>\u00a0is 8.
The\u00a0\/MT<\/strong>\u00a0parameter cannot be used with the\u00a0\/IPG<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0\/EFSRAW<\/strong>\u00a0parameters.
Redirect output using\u00a0\/LOG<\/strong>\u00a0option for better performance.
Note: The \/MT parameter applies to Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7.<\/td><\/tr>
\/rh:hhmm-hhmm<\/td>Specifies run times when new copies may be started.<\/td><\/tr>
\/pf<\/td>Checks run times on a per-file (not per-pass) basis.<\/td><\/tr>
\/ipg:n<\/td>Specifies the inter-packet gap to free bandwidth on slow lines.<\/td><\/tr>
\/sl<\/td>Don’t follow symbolic links and instead create a copy of the link.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>
\u00a0Important<\/p>
When using the\u00a0\/SECFIX<\/strong>\u00a0copy option, specify the type of security information you want to copy by also using one of these additional copy options:<\/p>