Robocopy
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Pros
- I use a robocopy script. Save it as a .bat, add it in Windows task scheduler and it syncs two drives every night at like 2am.
- As for software. It depends. I use robocopy which is comes with Windows. Other OSes have similar utilities.
- Define automatically - Are you intending to keep the backups online 24/7? `robocopy`+Task Scheduler for Windows.
- There is software that will retain this information such as TeraCopy or RoboCopy on Windows.
- I will note that robocopy works well, assuming a Windows environment.
Cons
- one could run a script eg robo copy or use their gui, or teracopy.
- When I copy with `robocopy copy:dato` in Command Prompt, the destination file also has a Modified time that is 1-2 seconds later than the source file. Created is preserved.
Sentiment
8 positive (80%) · 1 mixed (10%) · 1 negative (10%)
Trust + time weighted score: +80% · raw score 70%
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one could run a script eg robo copy or use their gui, or teracopy.
I use a robocopy script. Save it as a .bat, add it in Windows task scheduler and it syncs two drives every night at like 2am.
As for software. It depends. I use robocopy which is comes with Windows. Other OSes have similar utilities.
Define automatically - Are you intending to keep the backups online 24/7? `robocopy`+Task Scheduler for Windows.
There is software that will retain this information such as TeraCopy or RoboCopy on Windows.
I will note that robocopy works well, assuming a Windows environment.
Migrated file shares (used Storage Migration Service, but Robocopy also works).
Yeah, a one line RoboCopy mirror bat will do the job.
On Windows use Robocopy to preserve timestamps.
When I copy with `robocopy copy:dato` in Command Prompt, the destination file also has a Modified time that is 1-2 seconds later than the source file. Created is preserved.
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