robocopy but only if older

[glennda]

Does anybody have a script that will merge two folders together but only transfer files from the first folder with they don't exist or are newer then those in the second?

 

Trying to do a bit of a botch restore of data!

[Steve21]

robocopy Source Dest /S /XO

 

Is include subfolders, and exclude older.

 

/XO : eXclude Older - if destination file exists and is the same date
                    or newer than the source - don’t bother to overwrite it.

 

Steve

[glennda]

I've tried that but for some reason this server tries to add /e /xo as \e \xo on the path?

 

Any ideas?

[Steve21]

Whats the original command you're running?

 

Steve

[glennda]

robocopy F:\restore\project\ "F:\projects\Project Directory\" /S /XO

 

Just seems to be swapping the /s /xo for \s \xo??

[Steve21]

The \ is the problem.

 

robocopy "F:\restore\project" "F:\projects\Project Directory" /S /XO

 

Steve

[Steve21]

Adding the \ + Robocopy's own \ makes it escape char ", such that you actually use it in the string

 

Steve

[glennda]

Adding the \ + Robocopy's own \ makes it escape char ", such that you actually use it in the string

 

Steve

 

Thanks!! Running now - I had tried removing the \ from the source but not destination.

[penfold]

Not quite the same, but I've copied user home files over to a new server but before we move the users over I want to run robocopy again to pickup any of the files which have been updated or created while we have done this. Can I just add the switch /s /xo to my existing command so I don't copy everything again?

[Steve21]

Not quite the same, but I've copied user home files over to a new server but before we move the users over I want to run robocopy again to pickup any of the files which have been updated or created while we have done this. Can I just add the switch /s /xo to my existing command so I don't copy everything again?

 

It'll exclude older files (and same etc), but only if in same position etc. If I move ABC.doc into a folder, it's a new file etc, but in terms of what you're saying yes it should do it Make sure it's upper case though, think there's lower case on robocopy too

 

Steve

[penfold]

I did run a quick test and it seemed to work, but I used lower case so will change that in case it causes problems before running it with live data.

 

Thanks