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


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