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I'm using the xcopy command to copy files from z:\*.* to u:\backup\ but the
contents being copied are also not complete. This is the command I use :-

xcopy z:\*.* u:\backup\ /s/e/i/y

z:\ contains folders and sub-folders...
Say z:\ has 5235 files and 512 folders and after the xcopy command has
completed the task with no error, I'll do a check on u:\backup\ folder and it
will list only 2431 files and 166 folders. The figures are always changing
and is it because of the nbr of files and folders being copied ?

Thanks if someone out there could help......
 
I'm using the xcopy command to copy files from z:\*.* to u:\backup\ but the
contents being copied are also not complete. This is the command I use :-

xcopy z:\*.* u:\backup\ /s/e/i/y

z:\ contains folders and sub-folders...
Say z:\ has 5235 files and 512 folders and after the xcopy command has
completed the task with no error, I'll do a check on u:\backup\ folder and it
will list only 2431 files and 166 folders. The figures are always changing
and is it because of the nbr of files and folders being copied ?

Thanks if someone out there could help......
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get rid of the /s switch just use the /e switch, you could also try the /c
switch but you will probably need the /h switch which copies hidden and
system files

Stuart
 
Are you using it in a script or from the cmd prompt? If it's in a script do
you do any error checking? If the cmd prompt are there any error messages?
 
yorhog said:
I'm using the xcopy command to copy files from z:\*.* to u:\backup\ but the
contents being copied are also not complete. This is the command I use :-

xcopy z:\*.* u:\backup\ /s/e/i/y

z:\ contains folders and sub-folders...
Say z:\ has 5235 files and 512 folders and after the xcopy command has
completed the task with no error, I'll do a check on u:\backup\ folder and it
will list only 2431 files and 166 folders. The figures are always changing
and is it because of the nbr of files and folders being copied ?

Thanks if someone out there could help......
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Hi,

Instead of xcopy, you can use the command line tool Robocopy.exe, it
has builtin support for logging to file (and a /lot/ more).

Robocopy.exe is in the free Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&DisplayLang=en

(The kit will install on WinXP or later, the individual files can
then be copied to another computer if needed)


See rktools.chm and robocopy.doc for documentation for Robocopy.exe.
 
Thanks for replying, I'm using it in the cmd prompt and there are no error
messages. Just to note that I'm copying from a novell directory to the
windows file server.
 
Thanks for replying, I'm using it in the cmd prompt and there are no error
messages. Just to note that I'm copying from a novell directory to the
windows file server.
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OK if hte /h switch doesn't work are any of the novell files marked as
copy inhibit and do you have permission to all of the novell folders?

Stuart
 
Thank you guys, the robocopy.exe done the job pretty well. Really appreciate
the help and advice rendered. Keep it up.

Cheers :)
 
Your welcome. Robocopy is well worth learning if you're copying files over a
network.
 
Hi Kerry,
2 more questions :-
1. How can I use robocopy to copy only 3 dirs out of 10 dirs in a drive ?
2. How can I use robocopy to backup. For example, I like to copy these 3
dirs to another a backup folder for everyday ? meaning Day1, Day2, Day3... I
like to keep these daily backup. How can I automate in a batch file for this
to work ? I tried a batch file using the %1 switch. First it creates a folder
%1 and then it copies the 3 dirs to that folder %1 but is there a auto way to
do this or is there a way for the batch file to read some values store in a
file or something ?

Thanks !!!
 
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