How can I copy network files using Robocopy?

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score 37 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 18 '12 at 15:00

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I use the following format and works well.

robocopy \\SourceServer\Path \\TargetServer\Path filename.txt

to copy everything you can replace filename.txt with *.* and there are plenty of other switches to copy subfolders etc... see here: http://ss64.com/nt/robocopy.html

answered Nov 18 '12 at 15:00

Davide Piras

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Will robocopy route the traffic via the machine it is executed on (Source --> RoboCopy Machine --> Target) or will it direct the files directly from source to target (Source --> Target) and thus not cause (except for messaging overhead) network load on the machine it runs on? – Ahue Nov 19 '15 at 14:59
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@Ahue good question, as it runs out of the box with no need to install anything on target or source machines I am pretty sure it runs only from the machine you start it in command prompt, which means that if you run it from machine C to copy files from A to B files will kind of go A to C to B, in my understanding, because the bytes are moved by robocopy which will open streams / sockets or whatever buffers in the machine where it runs from. – Davide Piras Nov 19 '15 at 16:02

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 23 '09 at 05:24

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You should be able to use Windows "UNC" paths with robocopy. For example:

robocopy \\myServer\myFolder\myFile.txt \\myOtherServer\myOtherFolder

Robocopy has the ability to recover from certain types of network hiccups automatically.

answered Jun 23 '09 at 05:24

Andy White

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this is actually the wrong format, file name should NOT be included in the source path. – Davide Piras Nov 18 '12 at 14:57
Edited to show correct format in example. – Graeme Aug 29 '14 at 15:37
Check the following answer for correct command. File name should be at the end – Turcia Jan 11 '17 at 10:08

How can I copy network files using Robocopy?

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