Robocopy reminder

One-off directory copy:

robocopy C:\Source D:\Destination /E /ZB /COPY:DATSOU /DCOPY:DAT /MT:8 /R:3 /W:5 /V /NP /LOG:D:\RobocopyLog.txt

Flags:

• /E: Copy all subdirs (incl. empty)
• /ZB: Restartable mode; fallback to Backup mode if access denied
• /COPY:DATSOU: File properties to copy (Data, Attributes, Timestamps, Security, Owner, Auditing)
• /DCOPY:DAT: Directory properties to copy (Data, Attributes, Timestamps)
• /MT:8: 8 threads (default = 1, max 128)
• /R:3: Retries on failed copies: 3
• /W:5: Wait time between retries: 5 seconds
• /V: Verbose output, including skipped files
• /NP: Suppress % progress (less noise in log)
• /LOG:<file>: Output status to log file (overwrite)

❧ 2025-08-16