I'm having some strange problem where robocopy /mir doesn't actually, well...mirror. I'm pretty sure it has something to do with short file names. The files that are causing problems are named:
Short name Long name OLIVER~1.WPD OLIVER-M.GD2.wpd OLIVER-M.GRD OLIVER~3.WPD oliver-m.rec.wpd OLIVER~2.WPD Due to the nature of the problem, I'm not sure which files are actually causing the problem, but I believe it's the last two listed. It seems like there's a name collision on OLIVER~2.WPD. I've posted the log below and also at www.evangel.edu/robocopy.txt<http://www.evangel.edu/robocopy.txt> for better readability. I've run robocopy /mir 4 times so you can see how it goes back and forth replacing existing files with new ones. I can't for the life of me figure out what's going on or more importantly how to fix it. Any help is appreciated. E:\Staff\NelsonN\My Documents\WPDocs\profcorr\Rec\Letters>dir "Floppy Disk 1\oli*.*" /x Volume in drive E is New Volume Volume Serial Number is B0B3-6FF9 Directory of E:\Staff\NelsonN\My Documents\WPDocs\profcorr\Rec\Letters\Floppy Disk 1 12/25/1999 06:36 PM 13,121 OLIVER~1.WPD OLIVER-M.GD2.wpd 03/15/1999 01:20 AM 12,684 OLIVER-M.GRD 03/15/1999 05:50 PM 8,803 OLIVER~3.WPD oliver-m.rec.wpd 12/25/1999 06:29 PM 10,367 OLIVER~2.WPD 4 File(s) 44,975 bytes 0 Dir(s) 61,758,398,464 bytes free E:\Staff\NelsonN\My Documents\WPDocs\profcorr\Rec\Letters>n: N:\Staff\NelsonN\My Documents\WPDocs\profcorr\Rec\Letters>e: E:\Staff\NelsonN\My Documents\WPDocs\profcorr\Rec\Letters>robocopy "Floppy Disk 1" "n:Floppy Disk 1" /mir ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROBOCOPY :: Robust File Copy for Windows ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Started : Thu Jul 28 12:03:13 2011 Source : E:\Staff\NelsonN\My Documents\WPDocs\profcorr\Rec\Letters\Floppy Disk 1\ Dest : N:\Staff\NelsonN\My Documents\WPDocs\profcorr\Rec\Letters\Floppy Disk 1\ Files : *.* Options : *.* /S /E /COPY:DAT /PURGE /MIR /R:1000000 /W:30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 91 E:\Staff\NelsonN\My Documents\WPDocs\profcorr\Rec\Letters\Floppy Disk 1\ 100% New File 10367 OLIVER~2.WPD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total Copied Skipped Mismatch FAILED Extras Dirs : 1 0 1 0 0 0 Files : 91 1 90 0 0 0 Bytes : 1.01 m 10.1 k 1.00 m 0 0 0 Times : 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 Ended : Thu Jul 28 12:03:13 2011 E:\Staff\NelsonN\My Documents\WPDocs\profcorr\Rec\Letters>robocopy "Floppy Disk 1" "n:Floppy Disk 1" /mir ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROBOCOPY :: Robust File Copy for Windows ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Started : Thu Jul 28 12:03:15 2011 Source : E:\Staff\NelsonN\My Documents\WPDocs\profcorr\Rec\Letters\Floppy Disk 1\ Dest : N:\Staff\NelsonN\My Documents\WPDocs\profcorr\Rec\Letters\Floppy Disk 1\ Files : *.* Options : *.* /S /E /COPY:DAT /PURGE /MIR /R:1000000 /W:30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 91 E:\Staff\NelsonN\My Documents\WPDocs\profcorr\Rec\Letters\Floppy Disk 1\ 100% New File 10367 OLIVER~2.WPD 100% Older 8803 oliver-m.rec.wpd ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total Copied Skipped Mismatch FAILED Extras Dirs : 1 0 1 0 0 0 Files : 91 2 89 0 0 0 Bytes : 1.01 m 18.7 k 1016.1 k 0 0 0 Times : 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 Ended : Thu Jul 28 12:03:15 2011 E:\Staff\NelsonN\My Documents\WPDocs\profcorr\Rec\Letters>robocopy "Floppy Disk 1" "n:Floppy Disk 1" /mir ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROBOCOPY :: Robust File Copy for Windows ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Started : Thu Jul 28 12:03:16 2011 Source : E:\Staff\NelsonN\My Documents\WPDocs\profcorr\Rec\Letters\Floppy Disk 1\ Dest : N:\Staff\NelsonN\My Documents\WPDocs\profcorr\Rec\Letters\Floppy Disk 1\ Files : *.* Options : *.* /S /E /COPY:DAT /PURGE /MIR /R:1000000 /W:30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 91 E:\Staff\NelsonN\My Documents\WPDocs\profcorr\Rec\Letters\Floppy Disk 1\ 100% New File 10367 OLIVER~2.WPD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total Copied Skipped Mismatch FAILED Extras Dirs : 1 0 1 0 0 0 Files : 91 1 90 0 0 0 Bytes : 1.01 m 10.1 k 1.00 m 0 0 0 Times : 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 Ended : Thu Jul 28 12:03:16 2011 E:\Staff\NelsonN\My Documents\WPDocs\profcorr\Rec\Letters>robocopy "Floppy Disk 1" "n:Floppy Disk 1" /mir ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROBOCOPY :: Robust File Copy for Windows ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Started : Thu Jul 28 12:03:17 2011 Source : E:\Staff\NelsonN\My Documents\WPDocs\profcorr\Rec\Letters\Floppy Disk 1\ Dest : N:\Staff\NelsonN\My Documents\WPDocs\profcorr\Rec\Letters\Floppy Disk 1\ Files : *.* Options : *.* /S /E /COPY:DAT /PURGE /MIR /R:1000000 /W:30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 91 E:\Staff\NelsonN\My Documents\WPDocs\profcorr\Rec\Letters\Floppy Disk 1\ 100% New File 10367 OLIVER~2.WPD 100% Older 8803 oliver-m.rec.wpd ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total Copied Skipped Mismatch FAILED Extras Dirs : 1 0 1 0 0 0 Files : 91 2 89 0 0 0 Bytes : 1.01 m 18.7 k 1016.1 k 0 0 0 Times : 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 Ended : Thu Jul 28 12:03:17 2011 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! 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