COMMAND LINE USAGE

Run Robocopy with no command line arguments for brief usage instructions:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROBOCOPY v 1.70 : Robust File Copy for Windows NT : by kevina@microsoft.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Started : Wed Aug 28 01:23:45 1996 Usage : ROBOCOPY source destination [file [file]...] [options] source : Source Directory (drive:\path or \\server\share\path). destination : Destination Dir (drive:\path or \\server\share\path). file : File(s) to copy (names/wildcards - default is "*.*"). options : /S : copy Subdirectories, but not empty ones. /E : copy subdirectories, including Empty ones. /T : Timestamp all destination files, including skipped files. /R:n : number of Retries on failed copies - default is 1 million. /W:n : Wait time between retries - default is 30 seconds. /REG : Save /R:n and /W:n in the Registry as default settings. /TBD : wait for sharenames To Be Defined (retry error 67). /FAT : create destination files using 8.3 FAT file names only. /X : report all eXtra files, not just those selected. /V : produce Verbose output, showing skipped files. /L : List only - don't copy, timestamp or delete any files. /A+:[R][A][S][H] : add the given Attributes to copied files. /A-:[R][A][S][H] : remove the given Attributes from copied files. /XA:[R][A][S][H] : eXclude files with any of the given Attributes /A : copy only files with the Archive attribute set. /M : like /A, but remove Archive attribute from source files. /XF file [file]... : eXclude Files matching given names/paths/wildcards. /XD dirs [dirs]... : eXclude Directories matching given names/paths. /XC | /XN | /XO : eXclude Changed | Newer | Older files. /XX | /XL : eXclude eXtra | Lonely files and dirs. /IS : Include Same files. /Z : Copies files in restartable mode. /NP : No Progress - don't display % copied. /ETA : show Estimated Time of Arrival of copied files. /MOVE : Move files and dirs (delete from source after copying). /PURGE : delete dest files/dirs that no longer exist in source.