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Hi,
I was just wondering if anyone here uses Robocopy to do their backups.
I have the XP version of Robocopy (XP010) that comes with the Server
2003 Resource Kit you can download from Microsoft, and I was wondering
if anyone could tell me if the /purge switch can be modified by say
the /minage or /maxage switches, so that you can tell Robocopy to
purge from the destination only if the files are a week old (for
example). Basically, I wanted to leave the files in the destination
for a week after they have been deleted from the source, just to
protect against an accidental deletion from the source.
I've had a bit of a play around with Robocopy, and when I use the
/purge switch, everything not in the source is purged from the
destination, regardless of age, and regardless of what I had used in
the /minage or /maxage switch. I did also read a post on Google groups
from a Microsoft MVP that as far as he knew, the /purge switch could
not be modified. I then read a second post that seemed to indicate
that maybe /minage would work. If anyone knows for certain, please let
me know.
The post that said it probably wasn't possible was here:
<http://groups.google.com/group/micr...robocopy++purge&rnum=1&hl=en#538004cf9a9dbfb8>
The post that said that /minage might work was here:
<http://groups.google.com/group/micr...robocopy++purge&rnum=6&hl=en#2af06aca96fda45d>
I was just wondering if anyone here uses Robocopy to do their backups.
I have the XP version of Robocopy (XP010) that comes with the Server
2003 Resource Kit you can download from Microsoft, and I was wondering
if anyone could tell me if the /purge switch can be modified by say
the /minage or /maxage switches, so that you can tell Robocopy to
purge from the destination only if the files are a week old (for
example). Basically, I wanted to leave the files in the destination
for a week after they have been deleted from the source, just to
protect against an accidental deletion from the source.
I've had a bit of a play around with Robocopy, and when I use the
/purge switch, everything not in the source is purged from the
destination, regardless of age, and regardless of what I had used in
the /minage or /maxage switch. I did also read a post on Google groups
from a Microsoft MVP that as far as he knew, the /purge switch could
not be modified. I then read a second post that seemed to indicate
that maybe /minage would work. If anyone knows for certain, please let
me know.
The post that said it probably wasn't possible was here:
<http://groups.google.com/group/micr...robocopy++purge&rnum=1&hl=en#538004cf9a9dbfb8>
The post that said that /minage might work was here:
<http://groups.google.com/group/micr...robocopy++purge&rnum=6&hl=en#2af06aca96fda45d>
) from my hard drive to a Linux box running Samba.