I frequently run into an error when copying or deleting folders with
large amounts of files/folders in them. It doesn't matter what the
error is, it could be a file in use or a file name too long,
insufficient permissions, whatever. The Windows explorer typically
will stop the copy/move/delete batch process when it encounters an
error. Does anyone know of a utility that will continue with the rest
of the files even if it runs into an error? And ideally even report
the files it was not able to process.

Thanks,
Peter.

"Peter Lecki" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I frequently run into an error when copying or deleting folders with
> large amounts of files/folders in them. It doesn't matter what the
> error is, it could be a file in use or a file name too long,
> insufficient permissions, whatever. The Windows explorer typically
> will stop the copy/move/delete batch process when it encounters an
> error. Does anyone know of a utility that will continue with the rest
> of the files even if it runs into an error? And ideally even report
> the files it was not able to process.
>
> Thanks,
> Peter.

Back to the Command Prompt! xcopy.exe has a switch that
makes the command continue when encountering errors.
It also reports errors although the report does not properly
identify the problem file. Robocopy.exe is better in this regard:

robocopy c:\ d:\test /r:3 /w:3 1>d:\robo.log

Thanks!
-Peter
PS. Got your message on multi- vs cross- posting as well.


On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 12:35:07 +1100, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>
>"Peter Lecki" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I frequently run into an error when copying or deleting folders with
>> large amounts of files/folders in them. It doesn't matter what the
>> error is, it could be a file in use or a file name too long,
>> insufficient permissions, whatever. The Windows explorer typically
>> will stop the copy/move/delete batch process when it encounters an
>> error. Does anyone know of a utility that will continue with the rest
>> of the files even if it runs into an error? And ideally even report
>> the files it was not able to process.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Peter.
>
>Back to the Command Prompt! xcopy.exe has a switch that
>makes the command continue when encountering errors.
>It also reports errors although the report does not properly
>identify the problem file. Robocopy.exe is better in this regard:
>
>robocopy c:\ d:\test /r:3 /w:3 1>d:\robo.log
>