Utilize:
/MON:1
: MONitor source; run again when more than n
changes seen
/XN
: eXclude Newer files
robocopy D:\Source\Sync \\ShareName\Sync /TBD /E /XN /MON:1 /LOG+:"\\ShareName\Sync\Logs\Sync.log" /V /TEE /TS /XD Logs
The following script will monitor the source directory for any changes and log whenever a file is copied to the destination directory.
Script: File-Sync.cmd
::
::[[--- RoboCopy File Sync Script ---]]::
::=========================================================================
@echo off
:: Parameters ::
::-------------------------------------------------------------------------
:: Set Variables ::
:: Date:
set Date=%date:~0,4%%date:~5,2%%date:~8,2%
:: Time:
:: Hour:
set Hour=%time:~0,2%
if "%hour:~0,1%" == " " set HH=0%hour:~1,1%
:: Minute:
set MM=%time:~3,2%
:: Seconds
set SS=%time:~6,2%
set Dtime=%HH%%mm%%ss%
:: Destination:
set Dest=\\ShareName\Sync
:: Log:
set LogDir=\\Sharename\Sync\Logs
:: Source:
set Src=D:\Source\Sync
:: RoboCopy:
:: Log:
set Log=/V /TEE /TS /LOG:"%LogDir%\%date%_%dtime%.log"
:: Options:
set Options=/TBD
:: What to Copy:
set What=/COPY:DAT /DCOPY:DAT /E /XD Logs /XN /MON:1
:: Save Job:
set Save=/SAVE:C:\ProgramData\Scripts\Robocopy\File-Sync
:: Sync ::
::-------------------------------------------------------------------------
RoboCopy %Src% %Dest% %What% %Options% %Log% %Save%
- Date & Time: (Locale dependent)
%date%
: Outputs a date in the following format: yyyy.MM.dd
%dtime%
: Outputs time in the following format: HHmmss
- Directories:
%Dest%
: Destination Directory
%LogDir%
: Log Directory
%Src%
: Source Directory
- RoboCopy:
%log%
: Logging Options, outputs a log file in the following format YYYY.MM.DD_HHMMSS.log
/V
: Produce Verbose output, showing skipped files
/TEE
: Output to console window, as well as the log file
- Helpful if needing to run from a terminal occassionally
/TS
: Include source file Time Stamps in the output
/LOG:
: Output status to LOG file (overwrite existing log)
- Will never overwrite, provided
%dtime%
is included
%options%
: RoboCopy options
/TBD
: wait for share names To Be Defined
%what%
: What to copy
/COPY:DAT
: what to COPY for files (default is /COPY:DAT
)
- Copy Flags: D=Data, A=Attributes, T=Timestamps
/DCOPY:DAT
: Same as above, except for directories
/E
: copy subdirectories, including Empty ones
/XD
: EXclude Directories matching given names/paths
- Required if Log Directory is stored in the Source directory
/XN
: eXclude Newer files
/MON:1
: MONitor source; run again when more than n changes seen
/SAVE
: SAVE parameters to the named job file
- Outputs job file to:
C:\ProgramData\Scripts\Robocopy\File-Sync.rcj
Run Script Silently: NoShell-RoboCopy.vbs
'
'::[[--- Run RoboCopy File Sync Silently ---]]::'
'=========================================================================
If WScript.Arguments.Count >= 1 Then
ReDim arr(WScript.Arguments.Count-1)
For i = 0 To WScript.Arguments.Count-1
Arg = WScript.Arguments(i)
If InStr(Arg, " ") > 0 Then Arg = """" & Arg & """"
arr(i) = Arg
Next
RunCmd = Join(arr)
CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Run RunCmd, 0, True
End If
Task Schedule: File-Sync.xml
(runs 30s after user login)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<Task version="1.4" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task">
<RegistrationInfo>
<Date>2018-10-25T07:45:58.952588</Date>
<Author>Windows\User</Author>
<Description>Task to synchronize local disk to network backup</Description>
<URI>\Backup\Network File Sync</URI>
</RegistrationInfo>
<Triggers>
<LogonTrigger>
<Enabled>true</Enabled>
<Delay>PT30S</Delay>
</LogonTrigger>
</Triggers>
<Settings>
<MultipleInstancesPolicy>IgnoreNew</MultipleInstancesPolicy>
<DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>false</DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>
<StopIfGoingOnBatteries>true</StopIfGoingOnBatteries>
<AllowHardTerminate>false</AllowHardTerminate>
<StartWhenAvailable>true</StartWhenAvailable>
<RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>false</RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>
<IdleSettings>
<StopOnIdleEnd>true</StopOnIdleEnd>
<RestartOnIdle>false</RestartOnIdle>
</IdleSettings>
<AllowStartOnDemand>true</AllowStartOnDemand>
<Enabled>true</Enabled>
<Hidden>false</Hidden>
<RunOnlyIfIdle>false</RunOnlyIfIdle>
<DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>false</DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>
<UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>true</UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>
<WakeToRun>false</WakeToRun>
<ExecutionTimeLimit>PT0S</ExecutionTimeLimit>
<Priority>7</Priority>
<RestartOnFailure>
<Interval>PT1M</Interval>
<Count>3</Count>
</RestartOnFailure>
</Settings>
<Actions Context="Author">
<Exec>
<Command>%WinDir%\system32\wscript.exe</Command>
<Arguments>"C:\ProgramData\Scripts\Robocopy\NoShell-RoboCopy.vbs" "C:\ProgramData\Scripts\Robocopy\File-Sync.cmd"</Arguments>
</Exec>
</Actions>
</Task>