Yes, on the server. Aside from avoiding this problem, it will speed up (somewhat) your file access. It's not a desperation measure, it's a good tuning measure.
Kurt On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 17:33, Crawford, Scott <crawfo...@evangel.edu>wrote: > You mean short name generation on the server? That's on my list of > "desperation" ideas, mainly cuz I've never done it so I'm not sure exactly > what the effects will be. Does that delete all existing short names? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 6:42 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Weird robocopy /mir bug? > > Turn off short filenames? > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 15:51, Crawford, Scott <crawfo...@evangel.edu> > wrote: > > 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 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 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