The Link to Windows Robocopy Utility Is Nowhere to Be Found
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I'm helping a family move files from multiple windows pc to a backup drive. I need to automate this and I wanted to use robocopy.
If it were linux, I'd use rsync.
User is having trouble finding the link to the Windows robocopy utility for automating file transfer.
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stop50
4 months ago
Isn't robocopy part of windows since windows 7?
kristianp
4 months ago
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administrat...
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