robocopy Command Examples

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://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/robocopy.

• Copy all .jpg and .bmp files from one directory to another:

robocopy {{path\to\source_directory}} {{path\to\destination_directory}} {{*.jpg}} {{*.bmp}}

• Copy all files and subdirectories, including empty ones:

robocopy {{path\to\source_directory}} {{path\to\destination_directory}} /E

• Mirror/Sync a directory, deleting anything not in source and include all attributes and permissions:

robocopy {{path\to\source_directory}} {{path\to\destination_directory}} /MIR /COPYALL

• Copy all files and subdirectories, excluding source files that are older than destination files:

robocopy {{path\to\source_directory}} {{path\to\destination_directory}} /E /XO

• List all files 50 MB or larger instead of copying them:

robocopy {{path\to\source_directory}} {{path\to\destination_directory}} /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_directory}} {{path\to\destination_directory}} /Z /R:5 /W:15

• Display help:

robocopy /?