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Mark Attwood
Mark Attwood

Reputation: 4412

Copy new files only in batch

I have looked over the copy and xcopy batch commands. Both of them do not seem to support "copy new files only regardless file date time - name comparing only" option. Please advise.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 7271

Answers (3)

sakra
sakra

Reputation: 65971

Have a look at ROBOCOPY. Invoking it with the following switches will recursively copy the files from source_dir that do not yet exist in destination_dir:

robocopy source_dir destination_dir /s /xc /xn /xo

Als see the RoboCopy Manual for an explanation of the switches.

Upvotes: 7

SpliFF
SpliFF

Reputation: 39014

Perhaps you should look at rsync. It has a Win32 port and it can copy files based on a number of considerations including whether it exists or is different at the destination.

I think you want the switch:

--ignore-existing       skip updating files that exist on receiver

Upvotes: 0

leppie
leppie

Reputation: 117330

/D

 /D:m-d-y     Copies files changed on or after the specified date.
              If no date is given, copies only those files whose
              source time is newer than the destination time.

Edit: What do you mean by new?

Upvotes: 1

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