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xcopy recently changed files?

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TexasBoxer

I currently use the windows xcopy command to sync files on my desktop with files on a networked drive because I edit files on my local system as well as on my network folder.  This allows me to regularly make sure the latest is in both places.

xcopy /E /I /C /Y /D "H:\My Documents" c:\users\[userid]\Documents

xcopy /E /I /C /Y /D c:\users\[userid]\Documents "H:\My Documents"

When I try this with my box folder (replacing the network folder), it copies over every file every time, not just the files that have changed (and are out of sync).  How do adjust this to only copy new/updated files when syncing with a box folder?

 

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  • TexasBoxer

    I also tried the following:

    robocopy c:\users\[userid]\Box\Documents c:\users\[userid]\Documents /XO

    robocopy c:\users\[userid]\Documents c:\users\[userid]\Box\Documents /XO

    and it appears to have copied every file IN  BOTH directions!  I gotta be missing something here.

     

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