I stand corrected! -- Espi
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 8:49 AM, Ben Scott <mailvor...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr > <michealespin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I believe the default rule is to copy any files which appear > >> different or absent in the destination. Files which are older are > >> still "different". > > > > I thought I have only seen older file's copies when I use switches such > as > > /IS (Include Same). > > Okay, just checked, and at least for me, ROBOCOPY appears to > consider "older" to be "different" and thus "should copy". See > transcript below. /IS would copy even if the files appear to be > identical (same size and time). > > Ben>mkdir from to > > Ben>touch from\foo > > Ben>sleep 10 > > Ben>touch to\foo > > Ben>robocopy from to > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ROBOCOPY :: Robust File Copy for Windows :: Version XP026 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Started : Tue May 22 11:46:12 2012 > > Source : H:\foo\from\ > Dest : H:\foo\to\ > > Files : *.* > > Options : *.* /COPY:DAT /R:1000000 /W:30 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > 1 H:\foo\from\ > 100% Older 0 foo > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Total Copied Skipped Mismatch FAILED Extras > Dirs : 1 0 1 0 0 0 > Files : 1 1 0 0 0 0 > Bytes : 0 0 0 0 0 0 > Times : 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 > > Ended : Tue May 22 11:46:12 2012 > > Ben> > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
