Comments on System.What?: Unstoppable File Copying With Robocopy

You can stick Robocopy into a batch file and below...

2012-01-13T20:43:37.103-08:00

You can stick Robocopy into a batch file and below the robocopy line in the batch file, call your other utilities or programs after it's done.

I have "shutdown -s -t 0" right after robocopy is done with my weekly backups to shutdown my PC :)

2011-03-19T10:10:56.814-07:00

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Hey Mike,

I found these suggestions on stac...

2008-12-21T18:01:00.000-08:00

Hey Mike,

I found these suggestions on stack overflow (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18172/copying-files-over-an-intermittent-network-connection). You could also potentially try tera copy (http://www.codesector.com/teracopy.php).

Good luck,
Tyler

I'd like to see a utility like robocopy that can s...

2008-12-18T09:46:00.000-08:00

I'd like to see a utility like robocopy that can skip files on an error, complete the rest of the job, then retry the errors for a specified number of times. Anybody have any suggestions?

Thanks AC (Andrew Connell mayhaps?). I'll give it ...

2008-11-16T23:51:00.000-08:00

Thanks AC (Andrew Connell mayhaps?). I'll give it a try and let you know.

Best,
Tyler

Hello. AC here. Stumbled across this post via DZon...

2008-11-16T16:20:00.000-08:00

Hello. AC here. Stumbled across this post via DZone.

"My only wish is that I could get this utility to call some code once it's done (for notification)."

You could wrap it in a batch file. You could call something simple like this with the same params you use when you call robocopy:

robocopy %*
if "0"=="%errorlevel%" (
:: notify success here
) else (
:: notify failure here
)

There are other ways to do it but I shy away from cleverness.

Nice moves Ryan, thanks for the tip!

2008-11-13T16:49:00.000-08:00

Nice moves Ryan, thanks for the tip!

If you're pushing a file to a machine and don't wa...

2008-11-13T12:23:00.000-08:00

If you're pushing a file to a machine and don't want to keep checking the transfer progress, Robocopy sets the "Date Modified" at 1/1/1980 5pm until the transfer is finished, even if the transfer is interrupted, it'll stay at 1980 until the the file is complete. Pretty handy if you star a transfer for someone, they can just check the destination file to see when it's done! (the /ETA switch is pretty cool too...)

Comments on System.What?: Unstoppable File Copying With Robocopy

You can stick Robocopy into a batch file and below...

Hey Mike,I found these suggestions on stac...

I'd like to see a utility like robocopy that can s...

Thanks AC (Andrew Connell mayhaps?). I'll give it ...

Hello. AC here. Stumbled across this post via DZon...

Nice moves Ryan, thanks for the tip!

If you're pushing a file to a machine and don't wa...

Hey Mike,

I found these suggestions on stac...