copying files, ignoring all the ones that already exist

[yawnmoth]

If I'm copying a large directory and have to stop midway through,
restarting is kinda a pain. I can either overwrite everything or I
can manually click 'No - do not overwrite' for each and every item.
Maybe there's a command line option that'd make this easier?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

"yawnmoth" <terra1024@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1184364134.231517.123760@g12g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> If I'm copying a large directory and have to stop midway through,
> restarting is kinda a pain. I can either overwrite everything or I
> can manually click 'No - do not overwrite' for each and every item.
> Maybe there's a command line option that'd make this easier?
>

Yes, there is:

xcopy.exe /d

 

[Ayush]

[yawnmoth] wrote-:
> If I'm copying a large directory and have to stop midway through,
> restarting is kinda a pain. I can either overwrite everything or I
> can manually click 'No - do not overwrite' for each and every item.
> Maybe there's a command line option that'd make this easier?
>

Hold down Shift Key while clicking No.


Good Luck, Ayush.
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[Patrick Keenan]

"yawnmoth" <terra1024@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1184364134.231517.123760@g12g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> If I'm copying a large directory and have to stop midway through,
> restarting is kinda a pain. I can either overwrite everything or I
> can manually click 'No - do not overwrite' for each and every item.
> Maybe there's a command line option that'd make this easier?

Check out FileSync from www.fileware.com

HTH
-pk

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

yawnmoth <terra1024@yahoo.com> wrote:
> If I'm copying a large directory and have to stop midway through,
> restarting is kinda a pain. I can either overwrite everything or I
> can manually click 'No - do not overwrite' for each and every item.
> Maybe there's a command line option that'd make this easier?

I personally like robocopy from the resource kit (download from MS ....)

robocopy c:\blah d:\blah /e /r:1 /w:1

(robocopy /??? will give you all the parameters)