tldr/pages/windows/robocopy.md

robocopy

Robust File and Folder Copy. By default files will only be copied if the source and destination have different time stamps or different file sizes. More information: https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/robocopy.

• Copy all .jpg and .bmp files from one directory to another:

robocopy {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/destination}} {{*.jpg}} {{*.bmp}}

• Copy all files and subdirectories, including empty ones:

robocopy {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/destination}} /E

• Mirror/Sync a directory, deleting anything not in source and include all attributes and permissions:

robocopy {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/destination}} /MIR /COPYALL

• Copy all files and subdirectories, excluding source files that are older than destination files:

robocopy {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/destination}} /E /XO

• List all files 50 MBytes or larger in size instead of copying them:

robocopy {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/destination}} /MIN:52428800 /L

• Allow resuming if network connection is lost and limit retries to 5 and wait time to 15 sec:

robocopy {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/destination}} /Z /R:5 /W:15

• Display detailed usage information:

robocopy /?