XCOPY has been part of Windows since DOS. Robocopy shipped with Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit and became a standard OS component in Vista. For most file copy tasks today, Robocopy is the right choice — but XCOPY is still…
Robocopy does not use a standard pass/fail exit code. It uses a bitmask — a number where each bit represents a different outcome, and multiple bits can be set at the same time. This means a non-zero exit code does…
Windows Backup and File History work well enough for workstations, but they are not tools most sysadmins reach for when they need to back up a file server, a shared folder, or a specific directory structure on a schedule they…
Syncing two folders with Robocopy is one of the most common tasks sysadmins use it for – but it is also where the most mistakes happen. The difference between “copy everything” and “mirror exactly” is a single flag, and using…
