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Is there a way to get Robocopy ONLY log changed(copied) files and folders

Gary Osborne 21 Reputation points
2022-04-28T10:49:44.42+00:00

I am using Robocopy to backup files to our server. This is great, except every session logs every file. Even those not copied. Is there a way to get Robocopy to only log files & folders it copies (this would seem to me to be an obvious feature). The /X option woudl seem to do the opposite.

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  1. Gary Osborne 21 Reputation points
    2022-05-03T07:52:08.26+00:00

    I have got to what I wanted by parsing the logfile: So...

    robocopy sourcefolder targetfolder /e /np /ndl /nfl /fp > TMPrc.log
    findstr /C:"New File" TMPrc.log > report.txt
    findstr /C:"New Dir" TMPrc.log >> report.txt
    findstr /C:"Extra File" TMPrc.log>> report.txt
    findstr /C:"Extra Dir" TMPrc.log >> report.txt

    This gives me only a list of changed files & folders in report.txt

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