RoboCopy Reassurance

Chris: Thank you, through information on the techmentor robocopy.exe meeting. As mentioned in the files robocopy.doc doesn t tell me, and I millions looking for. I acquisition trying to find out whether robocopy comparison to "build Date / Time," "update date / time" or "Access Date / Time." Please let me know how to solve this problem. Thank you! - John.

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John, I fully understand your confusion. Robocopy.exe is a Windows Resource Kit of tools that can copy documents folder, the folder tree, files from the source to a local or remote purpose to. Many organizations use this feature as a quick and dirty way replication choice file servers content to another box. For those not familiar with robocopy you, you This tool can be downloaded with the other Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit tool in the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit tools page. Once downloaded and installed, you will find 35 robocopy.doc document Resource Kit installation folder. By default, this file can be found in "C: Program fileswindows resources kitstools "folder. The files vast array choice of this tool, and many gotchas.

If you I do not know why I re- m the agreement, John, in his confusion, consider in robocopy.doc files. Although very detailed reference Many good examples, it also contains some phrases This enables network administrators can not help. Here are a couple of my Favorites: " In most cases, these documents include robocopy default " (No. 16) "¡­¡­ some files and directories (such as generational same document) may remain in the source tree, and even when / This is a specific "(p.

22) When I heard ", in most circumstances," my first instinctive reaction is not on the non-majority situation. Therefore, the bottom line is with robocopy It may not be a perfect replication tool and it is free of charge. Proper testing and Niunie, you can arrive at a reliable replication tools select folders file servers.

Now to answer your question, robocopy when copying files from a goal to the destination, its primary replication criteria, improved time. If This document is the source of newer, more stalls on the goal, source documents will be copied. To amend the time after attribute, usually sufficient to make a "copy" or "do not replicate decision," if the two Modification of paper with the same time and source files larger more than the target file from the source coverage goals. Any new create documents in the folder being copied via robocopy will also being copied.

If you re looking for continuous monitoring a folder to copy the files as soon as they modify, you can use / Monday: n switch. This switches, robocopy will run in the background, and have been a number of changes change in the designated N, robocopy source files will be copied to the target. For example, when executions / Monday: 5, after five documents, In "br> directory tree Laws, the five documents will be copied.

This allows you to control reproduction, so it appears in the fire. If you are copy of a Bay, and hope to limit the times robocopy run-time, you can do so by running the command and / Rh: hhmm -- hhmm switch.

This allows you to set up a time window, which will be modelled on robocopy file. Time windows for the specific method / rhodium switch, robocopy sleep well.

More robocopy, robocopy.doc file is just a good start. Also, if you re looking for a tool which can help you create robocopy copy the script and consider robocopy GUI 3.0.1. This ghost tool can be used to create a robocopy command and save it as a grant deal with the script. Ghost tool is not the most intuitive, each switch just listed as a button, robocopy your window, but with a copy of robocopy.doc file handy, you can easily see them is up.

Robocopying happy!