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I used the following command:
Robocopy c:\source c:\backup /MIR /XD .svn
Then I deleted c:\backup
and did it once again. This time it ignored all files and copied nothing.
Why is that?
How do I force Robocopy to copy all the files again?
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I used the following command:
Robocopy c:\source c:\backup /MIR /XD .svn
Then I deleted c:\backup
and did it once again. This time it ignored all files and copied nothing.
Why is that?
How do I force Robocopy to copy all the files again?
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I can only guess that the /MIR is assuming that the files are already there and not checking again. Maybe include the /FFT switch as well which uses timestamps for comparison and see if it makes a difference.
Alternatively let robocopy log what it is doing. The log file may reveal why it is currently skipping files or folders. I would use the following for troubleshooting:
Robocopy c:\source c:\backup /MIR /V /LOG:WhySkip.txt /XD .svn
Added:
/V - Verbose listing including skipped files
/LOG:file - Log output to file
Well I changed the target directory so that it works. – None – 2009-11-13T16:45:16.307
I cannot reproduce this problem. If I delete the backup dir and run robocopy again, it will do the copy again. – Snark – 2009-11-08T23:34:14.157