Excluding Directories with Robocopy

[Steve]

Hello all,

I am copying data from an old volume to a new volume with Robocopy. My first
question is do I really need to copy the System Volume Information directory
and the Recycler directory? I would think not. If not what is the proper
syntax using the /XD switch to skip these two directories?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Excluding Directories with Robocopy


"Steve" <Steve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello all,
>
> I am copying data from an old volume to a new volume with Robocopy. My
> first
> question is do I really need to copy the System Volume Information
> directory
> and the Recycler directory? I would think not. If not what is the proper
> syntax using the /XD switch to skip these two directories?

From the documentation I would have expected that the proper syntax is /xd
c:\Recycler. This needs to be tested, of course.