Nice. I'd heard of fsutil before, but hadn't played with it. On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 07:08, Jeff Bunting <bunting.j...@gmail.com> wrote: > In your example, if you reverse the order of the echo commands you'll only > end up with one file in the CollisionTest directory because the long file > name version creates a short name of xxxxxx~1.xxx, so the act of copying > isn't really the problem, but that you have different files with the same > name (or same short name) > echo a > xxxxxxxxxx.xxx (creates short name xxxxxx~1.xxx) > echo b > xxxxxx~1.xxx > > type xxxxxxxxxx.xxx > b > > You might be able to use fsutil to strip the shortnames of the files you're > copying without having to disable it on the whole volume: > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff621566(WS.10).aspx > Jeff > On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Crawford, Scott <crawfo...@evangel.edu> > wrote: >> >> If you'd like to play along, the batch file below demonstrates the >> problem. Note that we're creating two files, copying them to a new folder, >> but only one ends up at the end. I really need to be able to use robocopy >> to do this copy to minimize the disruption to the users, but this is really >> jamming me up. >> >> -----------------snip----------------- >> md CollisionTest >> cd CollisionTest >> echo a > xxxxxx~1.xxx >> echo a > xxxxxxxxxx.xxx >> md new >> copy /y *.* new >> dir new >> -----------------snip----------------- >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu] >> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 3:41 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: Weird robocopy /mir bug? >> >> Turns out that this issue was a known issue that was fixed in W2K SP3 and >> NT SP5. Unfortunately it seems to be back. Maybe I should spin up a W2K >> box to do this copy :) Anybody have any better options? >> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/195144 >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu] >> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 7:33 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: Weird robocopy /mir bug? >> >> 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 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! ~ ~ >> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > >> > --- >> > To manage subscriptions click here: >> > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >> 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