robocopy or xcopy?

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Thomas Karer

Hi!
Yesterday i had a discussion with a friend about copying files.... (on W2K
and W2K3 Server machines)

He means that robocopy ist better to copy files from Servers or via Network
connections than xcopy.

I know that there are a lot of commandline parameters at robocopy but they
are not needet, we only copy some folders from server to workstations via
batch (at night)

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Thomas said:
Hi!
Yesterday i had a discussion with a friend about copying files.... (on W2K
and W2K3 Server machines)

He means that robocopy ist better to copy files from Servers or via Network
connections than xcopy.

I know that there are a lot of commandline parameters at robocopy but they
are not needet, we only copy some folders from server to workstations via
batch (at night)
Click to expand...

He is right that robocopy can do things, xcopy can't.
If you don't need these features why do you post at all?

Xcopy can be assumed to be present on every pc.
IF you need robocopy, install it Dot
 
Hello, Matthias:
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 17:04:30 +0100: you wrote...

MT> He is right that robocopy can do things, xcopy can't.
MT> If you don't need these features why do you post at all?

Well, in network copy operations the retry options can be useful and they
are specific to Robocopy.

Regards, Paul R. Sadowski [MVP].
 
Paul said:
Hello, Matthias:
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 17:04:30 +0100: you wrote...

MT> He is right that robocopy can do things, xcopy can't.
MT> If you don't need these features why do you post at all?

Well, in network copy operations the retry options can be useful and they
are specific to Robocopy.
Click to expand...
I agree that robocopy earns its merits,
I'm just wondering why Thomas posts.

It looks like he is searching for assistance to his opinion
while he seems to not knowing robocopy.
 
Hello, Matthias:
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 12:17:59 +0100: you wrote...

MT> It looks like he is searching for assistance to his opinion
MT> while he seems to not knowing robocopy.
MT>

Yes, I read the OP as saying in effect, "... so why would Robocopy be better
than Xcopy?" Perhaps he will clarify.

Regards, Paul R. Sadowski [MVP].
 
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