Re: [PLUG] Backing up Windows to Linux

[JP Vossen via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

On 5/26/23 06:03 PM, Mike Leone wrote:
> Well, my default command is this, I just edited it for the relevant bits of the post:
> RoboCopy %Source% %Destination%  /MIR /XA:SH /MT:20 /E /ZB /COPYALL /R:1 /W:1 /NS /NC /NP /NFL /NDL /LOG+:%LogFile%

OK, that's:
/MIR :: MIRror a directory tree (equivalent to /E plus /PURGE).
/XA:[RASHCNETO] :: eXclude files with any of the given Attributes set.
/MT[:n] :: Do multi-threaded copies with n threads (default 8).
   n must be at least 1 and not greater than 128.
   This option is incompatible with the /IPG and /EFSRAW options.
   Redirect output using /LOG option for better performance.
/E :: copy subdirectories, including Empty ones.
/ZB :: use restartable mode; if access denied use Backup mode.
/COPYALL :: COPY ALL file info (equivalent to /COPY:DATSOU).
/R:n :: number of Retries on failed copies: default 1 million.
/W:n :: Wait time between retries: default is 30 seconds.
/NS :: No Size - don't log file sizes.
/NC :: No Class - don't log file classes.
/NP :: No Progress - don't display percentage copied.
/NFL :: No File List - don't log file names.
/NDL :: No Directory List - don't log directory names.
/LOG+:file :: output status to LOG file (append to existing log).

I assume `/XA:SH` is System and Hidden?  Why omit those?


Also, I just tried `/ZB` and it was a total fail, because my user doesn't have admin rights.  Sigh.  $WORK Windows laptops are very locked down, which I agree is mostly a Good Thing, though it is tedious sometimes.  I *could* get admin for this, but I'm not going to, it's too painful.

I got:
```
ERROR : You do not have the Backup and Restore Files user rights.
*****  You need these to perform Backup copies (/B or /ZB).
```

Thanks,
JP
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