Robocopy to copy only new folders and files
You can add /S for that. You don't need the \E which is for copy empty directories. You won't even need the \XO which is done by the \MAXAGE.
/S :: copy Subdirectories, but not empty ones.
When no files are copied in a directory, the directory is not created on the destination.
robocopy c:\users\valery\documents j:\robocopy /S /MAXAGE:20131030 /XD {directories_to_exclude}
If you don't have directories to exclude you can just use:
robocopy c:\users\valery\documents j:\robocopy /S /MAXAGE:20131030
You can do a robocopy /? for all the help.
/S :: copy Subdirectories, but not empty ones.
/E :: copy subdirectories, including Empty ones.
/XD dirs [dirs]... :: eXclude Directories matching given names/paths.
/XO :: eXclude Older files.
/MAXAGE:n :: MAXimum file AGE - exclude files older than n days/date.
My simple commands that works wonderful is:
RoboCopy.exe "\\\SourceServer\Folder" "X:\WEB" /copy:datso /mir /fft /r:0 /w:0 /secfix /mt:20 /xo /xf thumbs.db /log+:X:\TON-FS4.log /nc /ns /np /ndl /nfl /tee
Explanation:
X:\WEBis my destination folder.- Switches:
/copy:datso: Specifies the file properties to copy:- (d: Data, a: Attributes, t: Time stamps, s: NTFS access control list (ACL), o: Owner information)
/mir: Mirrors a directory tree/fft: Assumes FAT file times, important when copying data/r:0: Number of retries on failed/w:0: Wait time between retries 0 seconds/secfix: Fixes file security on all files, even skipped ones/mt:20: Creates 20 threads copies/xo: Excludes older files - if destination file exists and is the same date or newer than the source - don't bother to overwrite it./xf thumbs.db: Excludes "thumbs.db" files (path) you can use wild characters here (ei: *.mp3)/log+:filename.log: Writes the status output to the specified log file- (appends to the existing log file) or to use a new log just /log:filename.log
Not this particular case but I hope that will help someone when they do file servers migration.