> Only copying changed files is *exactly* what ROBOCOPY is designed for. > This is even the default behavior. It uses > filename+size+modification_time to determine if two files are the > same. ROBOCOPY also has an enromous number of logging options.
This discussion is diverged widely, but I felt it important to complete this thought... --- Can you point me to where this is stated in the docs? (In my reading of the docs and related items, robocopy was to be a "better" xcopy. And xcopy never was a sync tool. It was a mass-directory/file copier.) I simply can't find it documented ANYWHERE, even in MS's own documents, wikipedia or anywhere else - that ROBOCOPY will only copy newer files. It will delete orphans on the destination side [with /MIR] which will help keep things in sync, but this isn't the "only copy changed files" I need. Many of the other options don't seem to make much sense [/XO, /XN etc.] from a tool which is intended as a one way sync tool. So, perhaps I've not read the documentation clearly [and I thought man pages often sucked, but MS's tech-net docs are abysmal on Robocopy] but if so, please indicate where this is documented so I can stand corrected and others on this list can at least know it's an option. TIA -Greg -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
