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Robocopy is not deleting existing files and folders from source, after /Move switch

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Greetings. I tried to make a daily backups from one HardDisk volume to another using robocopy.
The main issue is that, if i user this command below:
robocopy X:\test1\home\PC-009\Video Y:\test2\PC-009\Video /move /S /IS /XX
Some folders going to be copied, but not MOVED. Robocopy just skips all existing files.
Total Copied Skipped Mismatch FAILED Extras
Dirs : 158 0 0 0 0 0
Files : 128148 17492 110656 0 0 10151
Bytes : 32.441 g 6.58 m 32.435 g 0 0 304.72 m
Times : 0:05:31 0:03:56 0:00:00 0:01:34
Speed : 29199 Bytes/sec.
Speed : 1.670 MegaBytes/min.
What am I doing wrong?Many thanks in advance.
- Moved by Bill_Stewart Tuesday, November 7, 2017 10:25 PM This is not robocopy support forum
Friday, September 29, 2017 9:21 AM
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Greetings. I tried to make a daily backups from one HardDisk volume to another using robocopy.
The main issue is that, if i user this command below:
robocopy X:\test1\home\PC-009\Video Y:\test2\PC-009\Video /move /S /IS /XX
Some folders going to be copied, but not MOVED. Robocopy just skips all existing files.
Total Copied Skipped Mismatch FAILED Extras
Dirs : 158 0 0 0 0 0
Files : 128148 17492 110656 0 0 10151
Bytes : 32.441 g 6.58 m 32.435 g 0 0 304.72 m
Times : 0:05:31 0:03:56 0:00:00 0:01:34
Speed : 29199 Bytes/sec.
Speed : 1.670 MegaBytes/min.
What am I doing wrong?Many thanks in advance.
- Merged by Bill_Stewart Friday, September 29, 2017 2:15 PM Duplicate
Friday, September 29, 2017 9:16 AM -
You cannot move files that are in use or are protected.
This is not a RC forum. You need to post utilities questions in the Windows forum for your OS version.
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Friday, September 29, 2017 9:23 AM -
Please do not repost the same question many times.
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Friday, September 29, 2017 9:52 AM -
sorry, it was maded by mistakeFriday, September 29, 2017 10:12 AM
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if it is not a script, could you suggest me to make this operation using any scripts? bat, poweshell, vbs? I used to use short batch script usually.Friday, September 29, 2017 10:15 AM
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You cannot bypass the issue with a script. Open, locked and protected files cannot be moved by any method.
You can use the server backup commands to copy the files but it cannot move them.
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Friday, September 29, 2017 10:17 AM