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Robocopy is a command line file copy utility for Windows-based operating systems.

Robocopy is a Microsoft command line file copy utility that is built into Windows Server versions 2008 R2 and newer. Examples of basic functionality include directory mirroring, copying files over a network, restartable copy and multiple exclusion/inclusion flags.

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Could the IPG parameter in Robocopy cause TCP/IP packet problems if it is too high?

I need to throttle a robocopy transfer to limit bandwidth usage. It is already set to 1500 (/IPG:1500). I would like to increase this IPG to around 2000 (or more) in order to lower even more the bandwidth usage. Is there a chance that it could cause…
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Copy directories modified by specific users within a certain time frame from an FTP

I am trying to cleanup a 12TB Windows FTP with several million files. Basically, I want to keep the directories that are still being used by a specific subset of users who had access, and only keep them if they were modified within the last year. Is…
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Copy over lan : best way to segment copy?

I do not really know where to post my message. Networks or system or scripting, so ... I have a requirement in my company. Here is the goal : Monthly I'll have to copy a package> 500MB on 25 computers on 25 different sites. (For this I have an…
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Using RoboCopy on multiple destinations with monitor option

I am trying to copy a shared folder which its content (folders and files) are created by a third party app at no specified intervals. I need to copy these files onto two different server shares. The way I have set it up is to run two different DOS…
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cloning windows server 2008 OS drive to smaller drive using Robocopy

I'd like to clone a bootable OS disk using robocopy. The source drive is larger than the destination, but with plenty of free space. Is it possible, and if it is, what do I need to keep in mind to get it to work? So far I've booted to the install…
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Robocopy mirror to Samba keeps rewriting files

We have a Samba share to which I am copying files with robocopy /mir. Problem is the next time I try and sync that with robocopy /mir it copies all files again even though they haven't changed. I can't see why robocopy should be detecting all…
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Robocopy for Microsoft Access Files MIR switch

We are using robocopy with MIR switch to backup our Microsoft Access Databases, i.e., .accdb, and .mdb files. Interesting thing with Access database files is that you can open a database, add a few records into a table, close the db and the size of…
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Robocopying DLLs and EXEs

I've used Robocopy for several years now for backup purposes, and never looked back at any backup application I used in the past. I replicate whole valued directories to a removable HD, than from this HD to and equivalent system. Over time, quite a…
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robocopy advantages and disadvantages

Could you, please, list what do you think that are main advantages and main disadvantages of robocopy? Thanks.
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User home directory being deleted from the source

Here is our scenario, we used robocopy to copy over our file server to a new & improved server. We changed the home directory path in AD to reflect the changes. We updated our AD to reflect new file server, we also have a lot of remote users that…
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Robocopy to copy each source subfolder to different destination folder

I have a folder structure like this: Source C:\Data Data1_timestamp Data2_timestamp Data3_timestamp Data4_timestamp Destination D:\Data Data1 Data2 Data3 Data4 Is it possible to use…
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rsync (or robocopy) from multiple computers - what happens?

If a Linux server has two different rsync jobs nightly for the same folder to two different destinations, do both destinations end up with the same end set of files? Or does the first job run, and set something on the source folder/files that would…
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Robocopy exclude folders/subfolders containing a file named nobackup.txt

We backup a large directory structure but want to exclude some directories. Is it possible to exclude subfolders when the parent folder contains a file named "nobackup.txt"?
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Recovering from incorrect robocopy /MIR using NAS drives

Yes I know how stupid I've been and will severely chastise myself once this has been resolved. Just to be clear, I've done a robocopy using the /mir switch and files not present in the source have been deleted from the destination - this was not…
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How to use robocopy to move Users folder from partition c to d on Windows 7?

I just tried to copy my Users folder from partition C to partition D using the method mentioned in this post. Unfortunately I encountered two problems: When using the command robocopy c:\Users d:\Users /mir /xj /copyall, robocopy says that it can't…
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