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robocopy — Robust File and Folder Copy. By default files will only be copied if the source and destination have

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Problem

How to use the robocopy command: Robust File and Folder Copy. By default files will only be copied if the source and destination have different time stamps or different file sizes. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/robocopy>.

Solution

robocopy — Robust File and Folder Copy. By default files will only be copied if the source and destination have different time stamps or different file sizes. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/robocopy>.

Copy all .jpg and .bmp files from one directory to another:

robocopy {{path\to\source_directory}} {{path\to\destination_directory}} {{*.jpg}} {{*.bmp}}

Copy all files and subdirectories, including empty ones:

robocopy {{path\to\source_directory}} {{path\to\destination_directory}} /E

Mirror/Sync a directory, deleting anything not in source and include all attributes and permissions:

robocopy {{path\to\source_directory}} {{path\to\destination_directory}} /MIR /COPYALL

Copy all files and subdirectories, excluding source files that are older than destination files:

robocopy {{path\to\source_directory}} {{path\to\destination_directory}} /E /XO

List all files 50 MB or larger instead of copying them:

robocopy {{path\to\source_directory}} {{path\to\destination_directory}} /MIN:{{52428800}} /L

Allow resuming if network connection is lost and limit retries to 5 and wait time to 15 sec:

robocopy {{path\to\source_directory}} {{path\to\destination_directory}} /Z /R:5 /W:15

Display help:

robocopy /?

Code Snippets

Copy all `.jpg` and `.bmp` files from one directory to another

robocopy {{path\to\source_directory}} {{path\to\destination_directory}} {{*.jpg}} {{*.bmp}}

Copy all files and subdirectories, including empty ones

robocopy {{path\to\source_directory}} {{path\to\destination_directory}} /E

Mirror/Sync a directory, deleting anything not in source and include all attributes and permissions

robocopy {{path\to\source_directory}} {{path\to\destination_directory}} /MIR /COPYALL

Copy all files and subdirectories, excluding source files that are older than destination files

robocopy {{path\to\source_directory}} {{path\to\destination_directory}} /E /XO

List all files 50 MB or larger instead of copying them

robocopy {{path\to\source_directory}} {{path\to\destination_directory}} /MIN:{{52428800}} /L

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tldr-pages: windows/robocopy

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