Robocopy.exe c:\sourceFolder d:\targetfolder /min:33553332 /l List only files larger than 32 MBytes(33553332 bytes) in size. To copy all contents including empty directories of SourceFolder to DestinationFolder: Robocopy C:\SourceDir C:\DestDir /E #2 Copy all content including empty directory To copy contents of C:\UserFolder to C:\FolderBackup: Robocopy C:\UserFolder C:\FolderBackup **Skip to the end of this document for more information on Robocopy Options and Switches .Įxamples of Microsoft's Robocopy Syntax #1 Simple copy If the File parameter is not specified, *.* is used as the default value. You can use wildcard characters (* or ?), if you want. You can check this Microsoft’s post robocopy file permissions for deeper understanding.Robocopy Syntax ROBOCOPY Source Directory (local or network path) Destination Directory (local or network path) and Specifies the file or files to be copied. If the file has not been modified, the ACLs won’t be applied on the destination. Note that Robocopy copies the security ACLs also to the destination only if the file has been modified. robocopy /sec sourceFolder destinationFolder The option ‘/sec’ copies all the file access permissions to the destination folder also.
Replicate access permission on destination folder This command also deletes any extra files that are present in the destination and are not present in source. Robocopy /S /E /A+:H D:\dir1\data E:\backup\data Mirror copy a directoryīelow Robocopy command creates a replica of the source folder in the specified destination folder Robocopy /MIR sourceFolder destinationFolder This affects the attributes of the files in the new location, it does not impact the files in the source directory.įor example to copy all files from one directory to another directory and also set hidden attribute for all the files you can trigger ‘Robocopy’ with the below syntax. Using robocopy command we can also change attributes(system, hidden, readonly) of the copied files. You can add /MOV switch to delete files and /MOVE switch to delete both files and directories.įor deleting files: Robocopy /MOV /S /E D:\dir1\data E:\backup\dataįor deleting files and directories: Robocopy /MOVE /S /E D:\dir1\data E:\backup\data Modify file attributes for the copied files Robocopy /S /E D:\dir1\data E:\backup\data Delete files and directories from the source after copying This command does not copy empty directories.
Run the below Robocopy command to copy directory structure i.e deep copy of folder hierarchy and the data in all the subfolders. Total Copied Skipped Mismatch FAILED ExtrasĮnded : Wed Oct 22 22:26:14 2014 Copy directory structure Copy and Xcopy commands skip these files by default.Īt the end of the command execution, it would print the summary like below. The above command copies system files and hidden files too. Don’t include sub directories or the files stored in those. Copy a directoryĮxample: Copy all the files in the directory D:\dir1\data to E:\backup\data. Below you can find examples for using Robocopy in various usecases. This CMD command also prints a detailed report of the copy operation.
EMCOPY EXAMPLES WINDOWS
Robocopy command is used on Windows to copy files and directories from one location to another.