Robocopy

Ztruker · Apr 11, 2024

Trying to sync (copy via robocopy) a drive from my work desktop to a NAS 2TB hard drive.
Here is the batch file I've been using for a long time that is now not working:

Rem Copy new or changed files from "er2_d" to NAS
robocopy "\\Ascthrifter2\er2_d" "\\172.16.103.182\public\2022-06-23" /E /XD "Dell Optiplex 5010 Backups" "Lenovo Ideacenter K450e Type 90B3 Backups" "$RECYCLE.BIN" "System Volume Information" /DCOPY:DAT /IS /R:0 /W:0 /B /XJD /XJF
pause

Above is with /R:0 /W:0 /B /XJD /XJF that I just added but it makes no difference except it now ends on the first error. What I want robocopy to do is ignore the error and continue. Any way to do that?

C:\Windows\System32>Rem Copy new or changed files from "er2_d" to NAS

C:\Windows\System32>robocopy "\\Ascthrifter2\er2_d" "\\172.16.103.182\public\2022-06-23" /E /XD "Dell Optiplex 5010 Backups" "Lenovo Ideacenter K450e Type 90B3 Backups" "$RECYCLE.BIN" "System Volume Information" /DCOPY:DAT /IS /R:0 /W:0 /B /XJD /XJF

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ROBOCOPY :: Robust File Copy for Windows
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Started : Thursday, April 11, 2024 3:49:01 PM
Source : \\Ascthrifter2\er2_d\
Dest : \\172.16.103.182\public\2022-06-23\

Files : *.*

Exc Dirs : Dell Optiplex 5010 Backups
Lenovo Ideacenter K450e Type 90B3 Backups
$RECYCLE.BIN
System Volume Information

Options : *.* /S /E /DCOPY:DAT /B /IS /XJF /XJD /R:0 /W:0

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14 \\Ascthrifter2\er2_d\
2024/04/11 15:49:01 ERROR 5 (0x00000005) Changing File Attributes \\172.16.103.182\public\2022-06-23\
Access is denied.

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Total Copied Skipped Mismatch FAILED Extras
Dirs : 1 0 1 0 0 0
Files : 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bytes : 0 0 0 0 0 0
Times : 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00
Ended : Thursday, April 11, 2024 3:49:01 PM

Edit: How do I stop the editor from changing : D to the smiley face?

OAT · Apr 11, 2024

Ztruker said:
Edit: How do I stop the editor from changing : D to the smiley face?

Just put it in a code box like you've done previously.

johnlgalt · Apr 11, 2024

@Ztruker - is this an off-the-shelf NAS, or one that you built yourself?

Either way - any recent NAS software updates?

Bree · Apr 11, 2024

Ztruker said:
Edit: How do I stop the editor from changing : D to the smiley face?

Place [plain] [/plain] tags around it, like this [plain]:D[/plain] to get :D instead of

Ztruker · Apr 11, 2024

johnlgalt said:
@Ztruker - is this an off-the-shelf NAS, or one that you built yourself?

Either way - any recent NAS software updates?

Its a NSA nas. No recent updates available, it's pretty old.

Ztruker · Apr 11, 2024

Bree said:
Place [plain] [/plain] tags around it, like this [plain]:D[/plain] to get :D instead of

Thanks Shawn, that did the trick.

play2mefish · Apr 12, 2024

I don't think you need the quotes here: robocopy "\\Ascthrifter2\er2_d" "\\172.16.103.182\public\2022-06-23" as there is no space between anything, I have seen where you need them and not need them causing problems. The other quotes are needed due to the spaces.

Your error is saying access denied...which points me to the username/password for the NAS. Can you access the NAS from an explorer window? It might prompt you for a username/password. Anyway, something to check if you haven't.

Try3 · Apr 12, 2024

Ztruker said:
Here is the batch file I've been using for a long time that is now not working:

Have you checked your read / write access to "\\Ascthrifter2\er2_d" and "\\172.16.103.182\public\2022-06-23" in a cmd window?

Denis

Ztruker · Apr 12, 2024

I don't care about the error, I want robocopy to ignore errors and continue to the next file. There does not appear to be any way to do so.
Setting /R:0 /W:0 /B has no effect other than robocopy exiting on the first error rather than continuing to the next file.

Ztruker · Apr 12, 2024

Try3 said:
Have you checked your read / write access to "\\Ascthrifter2\er2_d" and "\\172.16.103.182\public\2022-06-23" in a cmd window?

Denis

Yes, I've checked them multiple times. As far as I can tell everything is setup correctly. Set to Everyone, Full control.

Ztruker · Apr 12, 2024

play2mefish said:
I don't think you need the quotes here: robocopy "\\Ascthrifter2\er2_d" "\\172.16.103.182\public\2022-06-23" as there is no space between anything, I have seen where you need them and not need them causing problems. The other quotes are needed due to the spaces.

Your error is saying access denied...which points me to the username/password for the NAS. Can you access the NAS from an explorer window? It might prompt you for a username/password. Anyway, something to check if you haven't.

Agree, quotes not needed but cause no harm. Done more from habit than anything. I can access the NAS and write to it most of the time with no problem. I've been using this batch file which uses robocopy for several years with no problems. It was just this last time I tried to use it that I ran into these access denied errrors.

But again, that is not what I care about here. I want to know how I can get robocopy to ignore the error and continue with the next file copy.

johnlgalt · Apr 12, 2024

Extremely old post with a similar error over at StackOverflow, with 4 different solutions proposed.

Robocopy access denied, despite having Full Control?

Pretty straightforward script: ROBOCOPY \\servername\S$\SCCM2012\SCCMPackageSource\Files C:\Files /S /COPYALL /MIR /IS /LOG:C:\Copy.log I can run this as administrator just fine, and all the file...

stackoverflow.com

And then there is this:

https://community.spiceworks.com/t/robocopy-ignore-errors/772705/3

/NDL and /NFL Might make it a bit easier to see which files it is sticking on, and the OP's mention of _MACOSX may not be of use to you, but worth mentioning.

johnlgalt · Apr 12, 2024

Actually, this one might help, as there is a powershell script proposed to

fix this automatically

Robocopy permission denied

Robocopy is preinstalled with Windows 7. I've used it many times in the past. I tried to copy a folder to a remote share with robocopy c:\source "\\server\share\path" /s /r:2 /w:2` As a result ...

superuser.com

Try3 · Apr 12, 2024

It's scrapping the bottom of the barrel but
- I have always used full paths after /XD
- I have never used /IS & don't know if it has any peculiarities
but, if they used to work & no longer work, I don't see them as the cause of the problem.

Ztruker said:
I've checked them multiple times. As far as I can tell everything is setup correctly. Set to Everyone, Full control.

I meant testing read-write access within a cmd window.
- Try to read a file in the source folder.
- Try to write some rubbish to the destination folder.

Denis

Ztruker · Apr 13, 2024

johnlgalt said:
Extremely old post with a similar error over at StackOverflow, with 4 different solutions proposed.

Robocopy access denied, despite having Full Control?

Pretty straightforward script: ROBOCOPY \\servername\S$\SCCM2012\SCCMPackageSource\Files C:\Files /S /COPYALL /MIR /IS /LOG:C:\Copy.log I can run this as administrator just fine, and all the file...

stackoverflow.com

And then there is this:

https://community.spiceworks.com/t/robocopy-ignore-errors/772705/3

/NDL and /NFL Might make it a bit easier to see which files it is sticking on, and the OP's mention of _MACOSX may not be of use to you, but worth mentioning.

/R:0 /W:0 /B does not help. Robocopy gets the error and exits, it does not ignore the error and continue with the next copy.

I don't care what file gets the error, I just want to ignore it and continue. That does not seem to be possible with Robocopy.

Ztruker · Apr 13, 2024

Try3 said:
It's scrapping the bottom of the barrel but
- I have always used full paths after /XD
- I have never used /IS & don't know if it has any peculiarities
but, if they used to work & no longer work, I don't them as the cause of the problem.

I meant testing read-write access within a cmd window.
- Try to read a file in the source folder.
- Try to write some rubbish to the destination folder.

Denis

I successfully copy thousands of files in the command window with Robocopy, just a few get errors, which I don't care about. I only want Robocopy to ignore the error and continue to the next file copy.

Ztruker · Apr 13, 2024

johnlgalt said:
Actually, this one might help, as there is a powershell script proposed to

Robocopy permission denied

Robocopy is preinstalled with Windows 7. I've used it many times in the past. I tried to copy a folder to a remote share with robocopy c:\source "\\server\share\path" /s /r:2 /w:2` As a result ...

superuser.com

Again, trying to fix the error that I don't care about instead of getting Robocopy to ignore the error to continue copying.

Try3 · Apr 13, 2024

Ztruker said:
I successfully copy thousands of files in the command window with Robocopy, just a few get errors, which I don't care about. I only want Robocopy to ignore the error and continue to the next file copy.

My post was an attempt to help you diagnose the cause of the error as a step towards finding a solution that allows your script to proceed.

Denis