That is all there is too it! A little simpler than remembering to type all of the command line options into robocopy. Now you have a new sync job waiting to be run:Ĭlick run, and the synchronization begins. It will copy everything from my local drive to the server.Ĭlick next, give it a name, and click finish.
Microsoft synctoy command line options code#
In my case, I want to have a backup of my code so I use “echo”. Renames on the left are repeated on the right. Renames and deletes on the left are repeated on the right.Ĭontribute – New and updated files are copied left to right. Renames and deletes on either side are repeated on the other.Įcho – New and updated files are copied left to right. Synchronize – New and updated files are copied both ways. Once you pick your folders, you can decided what to do with them. If you plan to do a one way copy keep in mind that the folder on your left is your source, and the one on the right is the destination. In my case it is a local folder, and a folder on a company file server. A folder pair is the set of folders you want to sync. When you run it for the first time, you are asked to create a new folder pair. Start out by downloading it from Microsoft’s website It has the balance I was looking for between simplicity, and functionality. From his description, it seemed to fit what I was looking for.įinally, I took it for a spin today.
I never seem to be able to find a simple, but free file sync tool that has a nice GUI interface. Sometimes it is nice to just point and click. The one drawback with robocopy is that it is command line only.
I went on a long rant about how much I liked robocopy.Īfter I finished talking about robocopy, he told me about SyncToy from Microsoft. We were talking about synchronizing, and backing up files. I had lunch last week with my good friend Brett.
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