Indeed some useful updates! [Smile]

New Features in Robocopy Version XP010
Robocopy version XP010 includes a number of enhancements. For example, you can now do the following:
  • Copy Junctions – Volume Mount Points and Directory Links. By default these are copied as normal directories, as it may not be possible to create an equivalent Junction in the destination, especially if the source and destination reside on different machines. Copying a tree that contains a Volume Mount Point can result in unexpectedly large volumes of data being copied.
    Use /XJ if you would prefer Robocopy to skip Junctions.
  • Act on and modify more file attributes.
    In addition to support for the R, A, S, and H attributes:
    /XA and /IA now also accept and select on the following addition file attributes:
    C – Compressed files
    N – files Not content indexed
    E – Encrypted files
    T – Temporary files
    O – Offline files
    /A+ and /A- now also accept and modify the following additional attribute type:
    N – files Not content indexed
    T – Temporary files
  • Select files based on their Last Accessed Dates.
  • Copy a new class of file : “Tweaked” files.
    A Tweaked file is defined to be one that exists in both the source and destination,
    with identical size and timestamp, but different attribute settings.
  • Copy very long path names (longer that 256 characters).
    Previous versions of Robocopy would fail to copy any pathname longer than 256 characters. The program has now been enhanced to handle pathnames of any length, up to the internal Windows limit of nearlt 32,000 characters.
  • Get better information on data volumes for large copies.
    Previous versions of Robocopy used 32-bit counters which would overflow when more than 2 gigabytes of data was processed, resulting in incorrect output in the run summary. This version now uses 64-bit counters to avoid this problem.
  • More easily correlate Robocopy errors to network errors.
    Robocopy now displays the date and time that errors occur to assist in tracking down communication problems.
  • Recover more quickly and robustly from file copy failures.
    This version of Robocopy now timestamps destination files with a January 1980 date during copies. Thus, if a copy of a newer file is interrupted and re-run, the destination file will seem to be older than the source file and be copied correctly.
  • Copy files in Backup Mode.
    Use the /B switch to copy all files in Backup Mode. Use the /ZB switch to try to copy files in Restartable Mode (for greater resiliency), and automatically switch to Backup Mode if the Restartable copy fails with an “Access Denied” error.


[ 23. May 2003, 14:14: Message edited by: masken ]
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