robocopy (windows)

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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/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/robocopy .

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# 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 /?

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