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Does ROBOCOPY /XN exclude files that are newer in the SOURCE or files that are newer in the destination?
I checked Microsoft official documentation but it is totally ambiguous.
Yván Ecarri
Posted 2018-05-22T14:28:36.073
Reputation: 145
ROBOCOPY /XN: newer in source or destination?
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It appears that the Robocopy /XN switch excludes files that are newer in the source from being copied to the destination directory. So if there is a newer file in the source folder than what is in the destination folder and you use the /XN parameter, then the file(s) will not be copied to the destination folder—I tested and confirmed that this is the case by simply testing it from a test folder with older and newer files of the same file name so that's how I confirmed.
Further Resources
Robocopy /?/XN :: eXclude Newer files.
Pimp Juice IT
Posted 2018-05-22T14:28:36.073
Reputation: 29 425