Robocopy error, logs nothing

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I'm having an intermittent issue with Robocopy where it occasionally does
absolutely nothing (at least according to my log files). I've seen this occur
when there is a bad parameter (am I wrong, or isn't the main purpose of
logging to log errors???). However I can run the exact same commands at a
later time and they work fine.

How can I find out if I have the latest version of Robocopy (one that
supports XP), and where can I obtain it? The copy I have came from the
Windows 2003 Resource Kit, which seems very old.

Thanks,
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Bill Baker
 
RE: Robocopy error, logs nothing

I forgot to mention: Looking at the timestamps in my logs, it appears that
the files are actually being copied (at least based on the elapsed time
between commands, and my estimation as to how long the copying process should
take), but no logging is occurring. Again, this is intermittent. I can run
the same commands over and over again right now and logging will work just
fine.
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Bill Baker


"WB" wrote:

> I'm having an intermittent issue with Robocopy where it occasionally does
> absolutely nothing (at least according to my log files). I've seen this occur
> when there is a bad parameter (am I wrong, or isn't the main purpose of
> logging to log errors???). However I can run the exact same commands at a
> later time and they work fine.
>
> How can I find out if I have the latest version of Robocopy (one that
> supports XP), and where can I obtain it? The copy I have came from the
> Windows 2003 Resource Kit, which seems very old.
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Bill Baker
 
Re: Robocopy error, logs nothing

WB <WB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I'm having an intermittent issue with Robocopy where it occasionally
> does absolutely nothing (at least according to my log files). I've
> seen this occur when there is a bad parameter (am I wrong, or isn't
> the main purpose of logging to log errors???). However I can run the
> exact same commands at a later time and they work fine.
>
> How can I find out if I have the latest version of Robocopy (one that
> supports XP), and where can I obtain it? The copy I have came from the
> Windows 2003 Resource Kit, which seems very old.
>
> Thanks,

You've definitely got the latest version, and it definitely works on XP.
I'd set up the robocopy job to log its output / results to a text file.
Typing robocopy /??? will give you all the parameters....I usually do
robocopy /??? >c:\filename.txt as it's otherwise so difficult to read.
 
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