Robocopy

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ginolard

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Robocopy Monday, May 21, 2007 1:46 AM (permalink)

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I was looking at the default switches for RoboCopy today and something struck me as highly amusing.

:: Retry Options :
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/R:n :: number of Retries on failed copies: default 1 million.
/W:n :: Wait time between retries: default is 30 seconds.

Sooooo...that means that if it fails to copy a file it will retry twice a minute, 500,000 times.

500,000 minutes = 8333 hours = 347 days.

Fantastic! One year later it might succeed in copying the file.

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dm_4ever Total Posts : 3687 Scores: 82 Reward points : 0 Joined: 6/29/2006 Location: Orange County, California Status: offline	RE: Robocopy Monday, May 21, 2007 7:25 AM (permalink) 0 What a coincidence...I was using RoboCopy over the weekend and noticed the same thing however I didn't calculate what that would equate to. dm_4ever My philosophy: K.I.S.S - Keep It Simple Stupid Read Me: http://www.visualbasicscript.com/m_24727/tm.htm Frequently Asked Stuff: http://www.visualbasicscript.com/m_47117/tm.htm
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