In the case of ' Application Data' on Windows 7 Documents and Settings %USER%Application Data is a junction point to Users %USER%AppDataRoaming, which in turn can contain the Application Data junction as a subdirectory. When copying a tree of multiple files and subfolders, if the destination folder has a longer name than the source folder, then it is likely some files will hit the 256 character limit.Įven when Robocopy successfully copies such files, other software may refuse to open them.įor compatibility with old software the User Profile folder contains a number of Junction Points, ' Application Data', ' My Documents', Recent, 'Send To' etc.īy default RoboCopy /S will follow a junction point in the source and copy the contents to a standard folder in the destination. ROBOCOPY will accept UNC pathnames including long pathnames over 256 characters long. If creating a progress logfile with /LOG, specify a destination directory that already exists, robocopy will create the file but will not create a log directory automatically. 'C:some path' will fail but 'C:some path' or 'C:some path.' or 'C:some path' will work. If either the source or desination are a 'quoted long foldername' do not include a trailing backslash as this will be treated as an escape character, i.e. # = New Option in Windows 8 and Windows 10īy copying only the files that have changed, robocopy can be used to backup very large volumes. Register for an account, log in, and follow the direct link. I couldn't find where on EMC's site they had the newest version, but searching the support forums I came across a direct link. Now with the exploding number of files, everyone needs a tool like XXCOPY. It is available on Powerlink under the following Navigation path - Home Support Product and Diagnostic Tools Celerra Tools Windows Migration Tools.Create a powerful backup batch script using XXCOPY.
By default Robocopy will only copy a file if the source and destination have different time stamps or different file sizes.
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