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xcopy sometimes stops transfer without error before completion

I am running a Jenkins job that invokes the following command to copy files from a network share: xcopy /S /I "\\depot\%depot%\GMM\v%version%\app\*" "%WORKSPACE%\app" The job often runs OK, but on ...
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xcopy to WebDAV drive gives directory not empty error

I am trying to synchronize two folders. I am trying to synch a WebDAV mapped drive folder (Z:\Images) with a folder on a hard drive on my local computer (E:). Here is the command I am running: xcopy ...
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How to copy files to destination system through a specific LAN card?

I want to copy database backup from my running DB Server to Backup server. The source server has two LAN cards connected through their own IP address. One LAN card is used to connect to the ...
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How to execute a batch file each time a user logins?

I've written a batch script which copies of some files in the CommonAppData folder (C:\ProgramData) to the logged in User's Local AppData. What I would like to do is to execute this script for every ...
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Copy first 10 files from a folder and subfolders

I'm trying to get the first (any) 10 files from a deeply nested filestructure. I can use XCOPY source dest /T /E to build the folder structure, but what I'd like to do is get 10 files from each folder ...
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XCOPY access denied error on My Documents folder

Here's the situation. We have a file server set up at \fileserver\ that has a folder for every user at \fileserver\users\first.last I'm running an xcopy command to backup the My Documents folder from ...
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psexec and xcopy error 4

I am trying to use xcopy on a remote machine with psexec but i keep getting an error 4 and would love some brainstorming as to why that error might come up. The actual error says: Invalid drive ...
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XCOPY for only new files not working for Network drive?

I have the following xcopy command to back up only the new files in Windows Server 2008 box: XCOPY /D /Y C:\TMP\*.dat C:\Test it works fine first time to copy all the files to Test and copy nothing ...
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How do you synchronize content between IIS Servers?

I just came across this utility that will sync IIS servers and was wondering what other software people are using? http://www.iis.net/download/WebDeploy The company I'm at uses a very old version ...
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using xcopy or copy to back up files?

I have a local drive that contains a directory per user: c:\user1\ c:\user2\ c:\user3\ and I have a remote drive (via a share) that contains the same directory tree: f:\user1\ f:\user2\ f:\user3\ ...
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Schedule a copy in Windows 7

I am trying to schedule a back up of a folder to another folder, using the Windows task scheduler of Windows 7. I think I have a pretty good idea of the command that will run: xcopy Z:\ ...
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How do I mirror a folder (copy only missing and changed files recursively) in windows?

I'm trying to find a fast way to recursively update a folder and all subfolders from another folder. Obviously, a full delete and Xcopy would work but that is very slow. After the update, the ...
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Robocopy really slow across LAN

DISCLAIMER: I'm a programmer, not an admin! I am setting up web apps in a new server cluster and copying files using xcopy or robocopy and UNC paths between servers on the same subnet is really slow. ...
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How do I copy a network file using wmic on a remote computer?

I'm an admin of a domain and im trying to run a wmic script to copy a file on a remote pc from another remote pc. My command: WMIC /NODE:@"C:\compList.txt" PROCESS CALL Create "xcopy ...
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xcopy is illogical?

I want to use XCOPY for an easy copy script to 'sync' one folder to another, every night. XCOPY C:\hyper-v\VHD\*.avhd Z:\BACKUP\HYPERV_VMs /s /d /c I cannot manage to get no prompting. When I ...
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xcopy and timeouts

Related to this question and this answer http://serverfault.com/questions/48839/backup-on-disc-using-truecrypt-corruption-problem/50829#50829 I want to copy the backup to my HD. However the timeout ...
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Fastest method of copying files

If we have a successful build on our build server (CCNET) all ASP.NET website files are copied to the virtual directory (%output_dir%) so non-developers can see/test the latest version of the website. ...
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Can recover files I accidentally overwrote with xcopy?

Today I got the arguments backwards when issuing xcopy. This caused my source folder to be overwritten. The system is Windows 2003 with standard NTFS. No special backup solutions running. Is there ...