Robocopy Resources Robocopy External Robocopy GUI http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2006/11/UtilitySpotlight/ Copy Open Files http://blogs.msdn.com/adioltean/archive/2005/01/05/346793.aspx SyncToy - Microsoft Powertoy for synchronizing two folders http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/prophoto/synctoy.mspx Use Robocopy to Syncronize two directories: set src=\\computer\share set dst=\\dfs\destination robocopy.exe %src% %dst% /copy:d /b /mir /r:0 /w:0 Notes: o Robocopy will fail to copy files that are 'locked' by other users or applications, limiting the number of retries with /R:0 will speed up large jobs. o ROBOCOPY will accept UNC pathnames including UNC pathnames over 256 characters long. o /B (backup mode) will allow Robocopy to override file and folder permission settings (ACLs). o Copy security information without copying any file data http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=323275 Examples: Copy files from one server to another (auto skip files already in the destination) ROBOCOPY \\Server1\reports \\Server2\backup *.doc /S List files over 32 MBytes in size: ROBOCOPY C:\work /MAX:33554432 /L Move files over 14 days old: (note the MOVE option will fail if any files are open and locked.) ROBOCOPY C:\work C:\destination /move /minage:14