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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 detailed usage information:
    robocopy /?

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