There is an awesome word doc if you missed it int he tools directory. Some switches I generally use to help on larger file migrations
robocopy \\source\path \destination\path /s /e /R:3 /LOG:log.txt /TEE The /s /e does the sub directories (even empty ones) /R:3 means that if it 'hangs' on a file then it only tries 3 times. Otherwise it can 'hang' for a very long long time. The /log is useful for troubleshooting and /TEE outputting to the screen gives you a nice scrolling wall of text to impress your cube visitors with how industrious you are. Steven On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Eric Brouwer <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow. First experience with robocopy. Great little tool! > > Thanks, guys. > > On Jan 6, 2009, at 1:00 PM, Kennedy, Jim wrote: > >> >> And it is WAY faster. Robocopy FTW. >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 12:59 PM >>> To: NT System Admin Issues >>> Subject: Re: File name is too long >>> >>> While, as others suggest, 'subst' might help, your real help here is >>> two-fold: >>> >>> 1) robocopy - get it from the MSFT resource kits. I can handle >>> file/path specifications greater than 254 characters, as it uses a >>> different API than win32 >>> >>> 2) shorten the path. >>> >>> Kurt >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Eric Brouwer <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Good afternoon, >>>> >>>> I'm trying to copy files from an NT server to a Windows 2003 server. >>> >>> I am >>>> >>>> running into the problem of file/path name limitations. I am trying >>> >>> to do >>>> >>>> this from Windows Explorer, and I keep getting the file name is too >>> >>> long >>>> >>>> error. Is there another utility I can use to accomplish the copy? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Eric Brouwer >>>> IT Manager >>>> www.forestpost.com >>>> [email protected] >>>> 248.855.4333 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>>> >>> >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > Eric Brouwer > IT Manager > www.forestpost.com > [email protected] > 248.855.4333 > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
